Equal Under the Law, Regardless of Race

Filed under:Bill of Rights — posted by 3wire on 6/29/2009 @ 11:15 pm

The fact that 4 Justices on the current Supreme Court can put the issue of “historical context” over the lives and livelihood of actual living citizens, is something I simply can not get my mind around. Racism is wrong no mater which way the tide is flowing.

From CATO

In the blockbuster decision we’d been awaiting all term, the Court reached the correct result: The government can’t make employment decisions based on race. While the city’s desire to get more blacks into leadership positions at the fire department is commendable, it cannot pursue this goal by denying promotions simply because those who earned them happen to have an inconvenient skin color.