The Conscience of a Court

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dc.contributor.author Girardeau A. Spann
dc.coverage.spatial Estados Unidos
dc.date.accessioned 2016-01-07T15:29:11Z
dc.date.available 2016-01-07T15:29:11Z
dc.identifier.uri http://desa1.cejamericas.org:8080/handle/2015/3521
dc.description.abstract The author explains his conclusion that the Supreme Court, as a matter of conscience, considers racial discrimination to be good for America. That conclusion, he argues, offers the only plausible account of the Court's repeated insistence on displacing populist efforts to promote racial equality with the Court's own, more-regressive, version of expedient racial politics. Although the Court has had what is at best a checkered history when called upon to adjudicate claims of racial injustice, until now, the contemporary Court might arguably have been accorded the benefit of the doubt. But after its five-to-four ruling in the 2007 Resegregation case, the need to acknowledge the influence of intentional discrimination on the Court's racial decisions seems inescapable.
dc.description.abstract Reseña: The author explains his conclusion that the Supreme Court, as a matter of conscience, considers racial discrimination to be good for America. That conclusion, he argues, offers the only plausible account of the Court's repeated insistence on displacing populist efforts to promote racial equality with the Court's own, more-regressive, version of expedient racial politics. Although the Court has had what is at best a checkered history when called upon to adjudicate claims of racial injustice, until now, the contemporary Court might arguably have been accorded the benefit of the doubt. But after its five-to-four ruling in the 2007 Resegregation case, the need to acknowledge the influence of intentional discrimination on the Court's racial decisions seems inescapable.
dc.language.iso Inglés
dc.title The Conscience of a Court
dc.ceja.source Fuente: <a href="http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1804&amp;context=facpub" target="_blank">http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1804&amp;context=facpub</a>


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