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Justice Jackson Challenges the Supreme Court’s Aristocracy 07/05/2023 |
One of Justice Jackson’s objections to the recent Supreme Court decision disallowing race as a factor in college admissions is the
following.
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With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the cord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make
it so in life. And having so detached itself from this country’s actual past and | PBS NewsHour‘s
Geoff Bennett and Supreme Court analyst Marcia Coyle discuss Justices Robert’s and Jackson’s arguments in the Supreme Court decision reversing affirmative action in higher education. |
present experiences, the Court has
now been lured into interfering with the crucial work [of college admissions]. There is much to unpack in this rich denunciation. First is that it comes from a woman of color knowledgeable about the law but clearly speaking
from her heart and from her “experience” (an important word used by her) and that of her people today and yesterday. It is time that those who have not been treated as less than human because of the color of their skin listen up and
listen deeply. This is what it means to work for justice: To watch, observe, listen to the results of injustice. This means listening to people of color as well as women as well as LGBTQ+ peoples who speak of their experience. |
“Burke and Paine on roots of political division in America.” PBS NewsHour‘s Judy Woodruff talks to Yuval Levin about his new book, The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left. | “Let them eat cake” applies of course to the phrase supposedly uttered by Marie Antoinette, wife to the king of France. It became a rallying cry for remembering the French Revolution because it spoke to the
lack of bread and basics for the poorest in society. |
A recent article by Jeet Heer, titled “Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution,”* demonstrates how apt the phrase is in the context of
our current Supreme Court. It seems that Justices Thomas and Roberts regularly discuss the French revolution, both taking the side of its critics such as philosopher Edmund Burke who, among other things, supported Marie Antoinette! They are
eager “to stress the evil of challenging aristocratic rule.” Justice Jackson meanwhile is inviting those who are afraid of a new revolution back to reality—their talk of “colorblindness for all” will not happen by “legal fiat.” Law is one thing; real life is another. |
Has this supreme court become a court of injustice and not justice? Dobbs and now decisions against poor minority students and LGBTQ+ people (based on a case that never even happened!) are patently political, not judicial, decisions. | CBS News‘ Ed O’Keefe
covers President and former First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama’s response to the impact of the Supreme Court decision, as well as a poll on average Americans’ reactions. |
Delivered with gusto by an obviously
corrupted and compromised court that is no more interested in policing itself than was the 18th century French aristocracy. To be continued |
Queries for Contemplation What do you learn from Justice Jackson’s radical critique of the recent Supreme Court decision about denying affirmative action? |
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