Did Biden realize his discriminatory pledge for his Supreme Court pick? | TheHill

Imposing an absolute requirement that a nominee be a particular gender and race is effectively an affirmative action pledge. It is precisely what the Supreme Court already declared to be unconstitutional discrimination. In the 1977 case of Regents of the University of California versus Allan Bakke, the Supreme Court found quota and affirmative action admissions policies based on race to be unconstitutional. While the justices were fractured on the logic, a clear plurality on the bench supported the view that preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake, adding this the Constitution forbids.

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And think of Biden’s appointment, whoever it may be. Won’t she labor under the cloud of being the first “affirmative action appointment.” This is a truly terrible idea, I fear the beginning of the end of a sometimes great institution. Unless Biden loses, of course. Could happen.