SCOTUS Rulings 6/29/23

[mountaineer]

Of Course Ketanji Brown Jackson Supports Affirmative Action. It’s The Only Reason She’s A Supreme Court Justice
There’s no denying that the Biden administration handed Jackson a position on the highest court in the land based on her sex and race.
By: Jordan Boyd
June 29, 2023

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is not pleased with her judicial colleagues’ ruling that Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s affirmative action admissions programs are unconstitutional.

“With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat,” Jackson insisted in her dissent in the UNC ruling. “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 present experiences, the Court has now been lured into interfering with the crucial work that UNC and other institutions of higher learning are doing to solve America’s real-world problems.”

Jackson’s assertion that the Students for Fair Admissions decision is “truly a tragedy for us all” is not the least bit surprising considering that her ascent to the bench reeked of race-based choosing.

No matter how hard the left tries to paint Jackson’s rise as “monumental,” there’s no denying that the Biden administration handed Jackson a position in the highest court in the land based on her sex and race.

Even before he became president, Biden made it clear that nominating a black woman to Supreme Court was a top priority. When the time came to fill a spot on the bench, Biden did not offer a list of potential SCOTUS picks.  ... The Federalist

[Kamaji]

Unfortunately, we will now have to be on guard against renewed efforts to pack the Court in order to undo this decision and reimplement racism in college admissions.

[Cyber Liberty]

Of Course Ketanji Brown Jackson Supports Affirmative Action. It’s The Only Reason She’s A Supreme Court Justice

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The idiot lefties on Twatter are accusing Thomas of hypocrisy because he supposedly benefited from race based quotas when he was admitted to College.  I'm not sure he did, but since when has that stopped a leftie from spewing bullshit?

[mystery-ak]

 Sotomayor’s biting dissent: Ruling rolls back ‘decades of precedent and momentous progress’
by Julia Shapero - 06/29/23 10:47 AM ET

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a biting dissent blasted the Supreme Court majority decision Thursday that gutted the use of Affirmative Action on college admissions.

In a fiery dissent that Sotomayor read from the bench to underscore its historic significance, the liberal justice wrote that the ruling “rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.”

“In so holding, the Court cements a superficial rule of colorblindness as a constitutional principle in an endemically segregated society where race has always mattered and continues to matter,” Sotomayor said in the 69-page dissent.

“The Court subverts the constitutional guarantee of equal protection by further entrenching racial inequality in education, the very foundation of our democratic government and pluralistic society,” she added.

more
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4073495-sotomayors-biting-dissent-ruling-rolls-back-decades-of-precedent-and-momentous-progress/

[DCPatriot]

Get ready for their media blitz justifying the need to stack the Court.

[Cyber Liberty]

Unfortunately, we will now have to be on guard against renewed efforts to pack the Court in order to undo this decision and reimplement racism in college admissions.

Always.  Congress has always resisted packing the SCOTUS, even when Mr. New Deal was in office in the 30's.  Back then, everybody involved knew it would lead to tit for tat battles that would create a court with 50+ members rather than just the 9 we have.

Democrats have become completely unhinged in this regard of consequences.  They seem to think they will always be in power.  Maybe that is why they work so hard for institutionalized electoral cheating.  This will not end well.

[mystery-ak]

 Thomas in rare occurrence reads affirmative action opinion from bench
by Jared Gans - 06/29/23 11:52 AM ET

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas read his concurring opinion from the bench Thursday, a rarity that underscored the importance he ascribes to the decision striking down affirmative action in college admissions.

Thomas, a conservative and one of two African Americans on the court, voted with the six-member majority that found the admissions programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. He also filed his own concurrence, laying out his own reasoning for his decision, and chose to read it aloud, which does not usually happen.

Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor also read aloud her dissenting opinion.

The ruling from the court restricts the use of race in college admissions after decades of colleges and universities using affirmative action programs to consider race as one of several factors in admitting student applicants.

more
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4073736-thomas-in-rare-occurrence-reads-affirmative-action-opinion-from-bench/

[berdie]

Here's a goofy thought! Maybe the colleges should just read the transcripts and qualifications of the applicants without seeing them or knowing their locations or economic status. Of course this is sarcasm...I've never been a fan of AA.

[mountaineer]

Here's a goofy thought! Maybe the colleges should just read the transcripts and qualifications of the applicants without seeing them or knowing their locations or economic status. Of course this is sarcasm...I've never been a fan of AA.

If only. Of course, they frequently can assume race from the applicant's given name.

[Fishrrman]

Polly asked:
"Are there other cases before the court related to affirmative action in hiring and such as yet?"

Not sure of any on the docket right now, although there should be some soon.

But a thought:
If "race" cannot be used to discriminate in college admissions (per the 14th Amendment), then how can it [Constitutionally] be used to discriminate anywhere else?

[Cyber Liberty]

Polly asked:
"Are there other cases before the court related to affirmative action in hiring and such as yet?"

Not sure of any on the docket right now, although there should be some soon.

But a thought:
If "race" cannot be used to discriminate in college admissions (per the 14th Amendment), then how can it [Constitutionally] be used to discriminate anywhere else?

Good question.  There will be a plethora of lawsuits to sort that out.

[Right_in_Virginia]