Quantum Windbag
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How the fuck is it courageous to be one of the 9 most powerful judges on the planet and argue that people of color are dumber than white people? Maybe those rumors about her needing remedial English at Princeton were true.
Eric Holder: Sonia Sotomayor ?courageous? - Jonathan Topaz - POLITICO.com
Eric Holder lauded Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayors dissent in the Michigan affirmative action case, calling it courageous.
The attorney general, speaking at a diversity event at the Justice Department on Wednesday, said the justices dissent offered a reminder that the U.S. still needs to address and remediate the lingering impacts of racial discrimination.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action voted 6-2 to uphold Michigans constitutional amendment that instituted a ban on affirmative action for admission to the states public universities.
While Holder didnt criticize the majority opinion, he did quote a portion of Sotomayors dissent. [A]s Justice Sonia Sotomayor said just yesterday in her courageous and personal dissent in the Michigan college admissions case, we ought not, wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society. The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, Holder said.
Holder also said that, despite racial progress in the U.S. progress that enabled him to become the first African-American attorney general in the countrys history, he noted this great country still has a ways to go before our founding promise of equal justice and equal opportunity is fully realized.
Eric Holder: Sonia Sotomayor ?courageous? - Jonathan Topaz - POLITICO.com