If you don’t know by now, the Supreme Court decided to send a major affirmative action case back to a lower court this morning.
And Justice Clarence Thomas had something pretty interesting to say about affirmative action to support that decision.
Apparently, it’s similar to segregation.
Now, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard an argument like this. But check out Thomas’ foolery below:
Justice Clarence Thomas joined in a majority opinion today sending the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case back to a lower court.
But in a concurring opinion on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, Thomas added his own take, arguing against affirmative action policies and comparing the school’s justifications to those of Jim Crow-era segregationists.
Thomas says that the “University echoes the hollow justifications advanced by the segregationists” and that there “is no principled distinction” between the two.
It’s a position he has staked out before; particularly in a 2003 case on the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policies.
Affirmative action has always been one of those race hot buttons, so what do you guys think?
Click here to see a detailed transcript of Thomas’ comments.
SOURCE: Washington Post
