City of Ypsilanti v. Civil Rights Commission

In 1963 this state adopted a new constitution. One of its provisions, article V, § 29, provides as follows:

"There is hereby established a civil rights commission which shall consist of eight persons, not more than four of whom shall be members of the same political party, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for four-year terms not more than two of which shall expire in the same year. It shall be the duty of the commission in a manner which may be prescribed by law to investigate *106alleged discrimination against any person because of…