Plog Number 87
Affirmative Action
Hello Ploggers, I am hoping that you are all well and having a great day. It is mid 70’s here in my neck of the woods. I decided to pull the grill out and cook some 🍔burgers and corn on the cob. Two of my favorite foods. The election is getting to me as much as everyone 👀 else. I try to distract myself but it is everywhere.
There are numerous things to worry about these days. One of them is Clarence Thomas. He and the Supreme Court are hearing a case from The University of North Carolina and Harvard University. Neither university admitted blacks prior to Affirmative Action rulings. Both cases are brought by the same party. The plaintiff is Students for Fair Admissions or SFFA. The leader of this organization is Edward Blum an anti-affirmative action crusader. He has brought the exact same case in the past. The Supreme Court has rejected them twice before and ruled that universities can consider race in admissions to promote diversity on campus and to enrich students learning experience. The only difference is that the composition of the court has leaned so far to the right. Additionally Clarence Thomas has signaled for the cases he 👀 wants to hear to be brought to the court. Thomas asked for this case and others and foreshadowed before their break in late summer that the cases are riddled with errors.
Recently it has been shown that Thomas is quite compromised 💩 and lacking in integrity. He votes when he should recuse himself. He weighs in on things that involve the insurrection even though his wife is a witness in the January 6th insurrection hearings. He denied that his wife received money from the Heritage Foundation a political group built to promote conservative public policies. There is proof that she received over 💵$680,000. He has voted as the lone justice concerning 45 and protecting his January 6th involvement. He upheld the wishes of 45 in his espionage of classified records case, even while the rest of the court voted otherwise. 45 and his lawyers felt that Thomas was their last hope to prevail in their case. They knew he would play⚽️ ball. He supported Lyndsay Graham in his effort to thwart testifying in the Georgia case. He is compromised and he is powerful. The Chief Justice John Roberts has very little restraining power over the other justices. Another thing about Thomas is that he benefited from Affirmative Action. He would not be where he is without it.
Contrast that with Ketanji Brown Jackson. She had previously sat on the board for and attended Harvard so she recused herself from these cases. She is showing her integrity👍 by doing so. If she had not done so there would be an appealable issue but no higher court to appeal to. Attorneys on cases that they feel should have a recusal, can always file a motion asking for it. But again at the Supreme Court there is no one to enforce the issue, even if your motion is right and would otherwise be granted. Also Jackson spoke eloquently about the issue of Affirmative Action. She said that race should not only be considered but it should be honored and valued. Without the consideration of race these and other universities may go back to not admitting black students with the law on their side. So it will be interesting to see how this goes. Once the decision is made about Affirmative Action, the court will move onto other highly watched issues that will also affect our lives.
Stay 😌 Positive. Vote Blue and RECLAIM! 👍
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