Finally, Common Sense In The Judiciary

[Rightguide]

Who would have thought that actual evidence had to be part of a legal complaint?


Supreme Court rightly refuses to see racism that isn’t there
by Quin Hillyer
March 24, 2020 04:49 PM

Those looking for good news these days can find it in a March 23 Supreme Court decision recognizing that sometimes people really do take actions based on factors other than race. Even better, the court decision was unanimous. Great racial comity may result.

In Comcast v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, all nine justices agreed that in a tort lawsuit alleging racial discrimination, the plaintiff must prove that the business decision in question was indeed motivated by — get this — actual racial discrimination. Amazingly, common sense prevails.

Of course, for years, at least in contexts other than tort law, the Supreme Court has been narrowly and often bitterly divided about whether mere racial disparities, even without proof of racial intent, serve as grounds enough to penalize a defendant for racial discrimination. Sometimes the court’s race-related reasoning has been so convoluted that it invites more controversy into more cases, rather than giving a clear, easily applied answer. In one example, Grutter v. Bollinger in 2003, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote for a bare 5-4 court majority that, in effect, the exact same legal standards for race-based remedies somehow should be applied differently 25 years hence than it was then. In short, the court has let confusion reign in numerous areas of racial discrimination law.

That’s why the March 23 Comcast case was a welcome relief. To see all nine justices agree on a bright-line test for what does and doesn’t amount to unlawful discrimination is to believe legal sanity can return. (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did write separately to take exception on one procedural front but otherwise joined the unanimous result. What’s especially encouraging is that the justices got it right.

More:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...rightly-refuses-to-see-racism-that-isnt-there

 

[SpeareChucker]

Clearly, the Supreme Court is Racist...

 

[Rightguide]

Clearly, the Supreme Court is Racist...

It's obvious. I mean, evidence...really?

 

[Conager]

There goes white privilege as a concept.

You no longer get to blame skin color for failure to thrive.

I've said for years when people bring it up, show me an example where you think an individual woman, black, hispanic, gay or any other member of an allegedly downtrodden victim class was actively discriminated against, and I will readily find you a lawyer to sue the company and win.

No one has even an anecdote because every major corporation has diversity training, a diversity officer, and a program to actively discriminate against white males to the benefit of everyone else, and yet white privilege exists, supposedly.

Next, equal protection under the law needs to be affirmed for everyone. No more race or gender-based set-aside, quotas, or hiring/admission "targets."

The last administration took it too far. They extorted major corporations based on nothing but negative correlation.

Everyone deserves a fair chance at whatever opportunity is out there; no one should have to scour the earth for the "right" hires.

 

[Rightguide]

There goes white privilege as a concept.

You no longer get to blame skin color for failure to thrive.

I've said for years when people bring it up, show me an example where you think an individual woman, black, hispanic, gay or any other member of an allegedly downtrodden victim class was actively discriminated against, and I will readily find you a lawyer to sue the company and win.

No one has even an anecdote because every major corporation has diversity training, a diversity officer, and a program to actively discriminate against white males to the benefit of everyone else, and yet white privilege exists, supposedly.

Next, equal protection under the law needs to be affirmed for everyone. No more race or gender-based set-aside, quotas, or hiring/admission "targets."

The last administration took it too far. They extorted major corporations based on nothing but negative correlation.

Everyone deserves a fair chance at whatever opportunity is out there; no one should have to scour the earth for the "right" hires.

I totally agree. The whole notion of "white Privilege" was left wing bullshit from the get go.

 

[Conager]

I totally agree. The whole notion of "white Privilege" was left wing bullshit from the get go.

The concept was invented by a white woman and its biggest pool of beneficiaries have been white women. In order to break up the mythical good ol' boys club, white women were put in charge of HR departments and Admission boards. They carved out some minority slots and took the lion's share for themselves as soon as it was socially acceptable to pass over white male applicants in the name of "diversity." Can't find enough "diversity hires?" Add a few more "oppressed" women.

 

[Rightguide]

The concept was invented by a white woman and its biggest pool of beneficiaries have been white women. In order to break up the mythical good ol' boys club, white women were put in charge of HR departments and Admission boards. They carved out some minority slots and took the lion's share for themselves as soon as it was socially acceptable to pass over white male applicants in the name of "diversity." Can't find enough "diversity hires?" Add a few more "oppressed" women.

Apparently Pelosi and her Commie Democrats originally wanted companies to meet newly mandated racial and gender diversity standards in their management and boards before receiving any CoronaVivus loan guarantees.

 

[schism666]

There goes white privilege as a concept.

You no longer get to blame skin color for failure to thrive.

I've said for years when people bring it up, show me an example where you think an individual woman, black, hispanic, gay or any other member of an allegedly downtrodden victim class was actively discriminated against, and I will readily find you a lawyer to sue the company and win.

No one has even an anecdote because every major corporation has diversity training, a diversity officer, and a program to actively discriminate against white males to the benefit of everyone else, and yet white privilege exists, supposedly.

Next, equal protection under the law needs to be affirmed for everyone. No more race or gender-based set-aside, quotas, or hiring/admission "targets."

The last administration took it too far. They extorted major corporations based on nothing but negative correlation.

Everyone deserves a fair chance at whatever opportunity is out there; no one should have to scour the earth for the "right" hires.

You're proof white privilege don't exist.