Assembly passes GOP amendment that would ban discrimination, preferential treatment due to race, other criteria

State and local governments would be barred from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to anyone on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin under a constitutional amendment the Assembly Republicans passed today. The amendment, up for first consideration, passed 62-35 along party lines. The Senate has yet to have a hearing or a vote on its version of the amen...