nytimes.com - 6/24/2009
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Washington THIS summer is turning into a seminar on race and the law. On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down a decision on the Voting Rights Act. It will soon rule on a high-profile case involving claims of “reverse discrimination.” The two biggest controversies surrounding Judge Sonia ...
nytimes.com - 6/30/2009
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Washington THE law of employment discrimination today is
not what it was before 10 a.m. Monday, when...
the Supreme Court ruled against the City of New Haven for scrapping a fire department promotional exam that appeared to favor white test-takers. ...
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Ponnuru criticizes conservatives for judicial activism
Southern Appeal —
Ramesh Ponnuru has an op-ed in the New York Times today in which he criticizes conservatives for having a blind spot with respect to judicial activism involving racial issues. I disagree with many of his arguments. However, I’ll set aside, for the moment, the propriety of conservatives using the New York Times to argue with their own, and move on to a good ol’ fashioned fisking: [W]hen it comes to the race cases before the Supreme Court, too many conservatives abandon both originalism and judicial restraint. The Voting Rights Act decision was a case in point. Eight justices avoided weighing in on the constitutionality of the law’s requirement that certain ...
Speaking of Brother Franck ...
The Corner on National Review Online —
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 [image] Speaking of Brother Franck ... [ Andy McCarthy ] Matt has a characteristically penetrating essay today in ThePublicDiscourse.com on the founders' understanding about the role of the judiciary. It's the first of a two-part series. I also have an essay on the homepage this afternoon on originalism and the 14th Amendment, the final of my three-part series of articles addressing issues raised in Ramesh's June 23 New York Times op-ed . 07/07 04:17 PM [image] Share
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