The Race-Obsessed Left Complains When the Supreme Court Issues a Colorblind Ruling |
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, in the recent case that restricted the use of race in designing a Louisiana congressional district.
Thomas wrote: "This Court should never have interpreted (Section) 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to effectively give racial groups 'an entitlement to roughly proportional representation.' ... By doing so, the Court led legislatures and courts to 'systematically divid(e) the country into electoral districts along racial lines.' ... 'Blacks (we)re drawn into 'black districts' and given 'black representatives'; Hispanics (we)re drawn into Hispanic districts and given 'Hispanic representatives'; and so on. That interpretation rendered (Section) 2 'repugnant to any nation that strives for the ideal of a color-blind Constitution.' ... Today's decision should largely put an end to this 'disastrous misadventure' in voting-rights jurisprudence."
Critics argue the ruling is not colorblind in effect because race-neutral districting can dilute minority voting power. But this assumes a) non-black and non-Hispanic voters would not vote for black or Hispanic candidates; and b) the interests of black and Hispanic voters can only be pursued by black and Hispanic members of Congress.
For Democrats, the........