Ketanji Brown Jackson reminded us all that the “vision of the Founders” so often divinized by small-government conservatives was radically modified by the Civil Rights Amendments enacted during Reconstruction. ed_kilgore writes
Edmund LaCour had the temerity to say that the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection under the lawhis state from considering racial justice when designing congressional districts as required by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Far from providing for “color blindness” in the operations of government, Jackson countered, the members of Congress who wrote the 14th Amendment were adamant about the need for race-conscious remedies for past discrimination.
She read out a quote from the legislator who introduced the amendment, and went on to explain that the 14th Amendment was enacted to give a constitutional foundation to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 that was “designed to make people who had less opportunity and less rights equal to white citizens.”
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
On Day One, Ketanji Brown Jackson Excelled at the Skill Stephen Breyer Never Quite MasteredIt’s the only tool that liberal justices can wield against the conservative supermajority.
Les mer »
Hear Ketanji Brown Jackson Use Progressive Originalism to Refute Alabama’s Attack on the Voting Rights ActThe justice gave a history lesson in the real purpose of the 14th Amendment: not colorblindness, but racial justice.
Les mer »
Ketanji Brown Jackson invokes 14th Amendment history during Supreme Court voting rights hearingSupreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tangled with Alabama’s solicitor general on Tuesday in a case challenging Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bars racial discrimination in voting policies.
Les mer »
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson objects to ‘race-neutral’ Alabama redistrictingThe U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether Alabama must draw a second heavily Black congressional district for a state that has seven House seats and a 27% Black population. The case could deliver a fresh blow to the Voting Rights Act.
Les mer »
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes Waves in First Supreme Court ArgumentsAs the Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed a conservative attempt to weaken the landmark Voting Rights Act, enacted in 1965 to protect minority voters, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court delivered a history lesson on the divisive issue of race in the United States. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in just her second day on the bench, spoke about…
Les mer »