GeorgiaDon 380 #51 July 17, 2009 QuoteEver read To Kill A Mockingbird?Yep, it's one of my all-time favorite books. I wonder why Harper Lee never wrote anything after that? QuoteIt is precisely because people are unequal that the law must provide the one place where all are treated equally.And I agree that the law must treat everyone equally. For that matter, I disagree with racial quotas and feel that affirmative action programs have long outlived whatever justification they may once have had. But I'm afraid I don't get your point? The point I was trying to make was simply that in order to obtain fair (i.e. equal, not "specially priviledged") treatment, sometimes people have to fight back against illegal forms of discrimination, and in order to do that you may need to point to (for example) extreme racial disparities in hiring as evidence of discrimination based on race. If, as Anvil seemed to suggest (and I have have over-read his statement) the courts can never under any circumstances consider race, that would make it impossible to contest even the most flagrant instances of illegal forms of discrimination. Don_____________________________________ Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996) “Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likearock 2 #52 July 18, 2009 Quote Serious, but random, question: If you could put one person on the SCOTUS (without having to worry about confirmation hearings), who would it be? I'll go first: I'd either pick Robert Levy or Chip Mellor. Nah, anyone would catch hell in the current political climate. The only chance for a relatively "free ride" is to pick someone who represents a constituency desperately sought after by both parties and would also provide a "first" for that constituency. Hey, wait a minute... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
