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In It to Win It

(8,267 posts) Tue Oct 4, 2022, 12:56 PM Oct 2022

Progressive originalism at work. SCOTUS Clip of Justice Jackson

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Progressive originalism at work. SCOTUS Clip of Justice Jackson (Original Post) In It to Win It Oct 2022 OP

It was a beautiful thing to see Justice Jackson us Constitutionally original arguments why the 14th JohnSJ Oct 2022 #1

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1. It was a beautiful thing to see Justice Jackson us Constitutionally original arguments why the 14th

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Tue Oct 4, 2022, 01:21 PM

Oct 2022

amendment was not about being color blind, but was created due to the discrimination of African Americans NOT having equal rights. Context is everything, and the Alabama solicitor general trying to justify discrimination with the 14th amendment, is a perfect example of white privilege.

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