justice sonya so sonya soto mayor said at a does not give free rain against racial minorities and that can oppress minority groups. it's a conviction she has held for years even writing in their memoirs that she was admitted first to princeton and then yale law school through a back door. >> i think it's a basic concept of requiring equal treatment, and it's a value that i hold, and it's wrong, it's fundamentally wrong to treat people differently based on the color of your skin, race or ethnicity. >> reporter: but if it was lost some say it would not be fair. >> inequality exists throughout this country. we zoo it in employment, we see it in schools. >> reporter: michigan's ban was approved by a 2006 referendum. 58% of voters approved the state constitutional amendment forbidding the consideration of race for applicants or jobs . >> affirmative action has been in the spotlight since . texas law say top ten of their graduating class automatically gain access to any of its colleges in texas. and she was just barely cut off and is sued. the lower courts did not identify other realistic al