Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action a ban affirmative action was upheld by the Supreme Court by a vote of 6-2. This is the case in which Michigan voters changed their state constitution to stop public colleges and universities from using race as a factor in admissions. Guess who the two votes against this were? None other than the ‘Wise Latina’ Sonia Sotomayor and the zombie Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Obama’s other Marxist appointee to the Supreme Court, Elana Kagan did not vote.
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“This case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be resolved. It is about who may resolve it,” Kennedy said.
In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the decision tramples on the rights of minorities, even though the amendment was adopted democratically. “But without checks, democratically approved legislation can oppress minority groups,” said Sotomayor, who read her dissent aloud in the courtroom Tuesday. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sided with Sotomayor in dissent.
At 58 pages, Sotomayor’s dissent was longer than the combined length of the four opinions in support of the outcome.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas agreed with Kennedy.