Ep. 9 | A Supreme Coup d'elaw

Ep. 9 | A Supreme Coup d'elaw

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The Supreme Court’s rightwing majority is poised to prohibit all public and private universities from considering an applicant’s race – even if doing so is necessary to maintain an integrated campus; promote an objective, individualized and merit-based process; or create an equal learning environment. When the Supreme Court ends affirmative action in higher education, the majority will claim that the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VI and Brown v. Board command it.

So we asked, how does this (expected) outcome stack up against Dobbs and other recent opinions critiqued as lawless, ends-oriented results untethered to the Constitution, history, or theory? We argue that a decision outlawing affirmative action is faithful to only one document: the original Constitution that did not survive the Civil War. In its place, a new Constitution arose—one transformed by three new Amendments and infused with an antiracist and abolitionist spirit. When it comes to America's inability to reckon with race/ism’s grip on our past and present, one might say the problem is the Court, not the Constitution.

#RaceClass Reqs: The AntiRacist Constitution (Brandon Hasbrouck)