The Let-Them-Eat-Cake Supreme Court Striking Down Affirmative Action

In overturning affirmative action in higher education the Supreme (Trump) Court does make clear it plans to be consistent. It is going to be perfectly consistent. What we learned from the Dobbs decision still holds true as evidenced by the most recent opinions of this radical conservative majority: 1) established precedent means nothing and can be discarded on a whim, 2) an “originalist” interpretation of the Constitution is a disingenuous matter of convenience, and 3) the conservative majority is purely a collection of political actors serving the interests and aims of radical right politicians to impose an agenda that could never successfully be imposed democratically (that agenda being opposed, depending on the issue, by anywhere from 60% to 80% of US citizens). <a href="https://faytelth23.medium.com/the-let-them-eat-cake-supreme-court-striking-down-affirmative-action-77d08b26fd10">Read More</a>