Many people believe, rightly, that ever since the 1960s the Supreme Court's decisions on the incendiary subject of race have been lopsidedly in favor of preferred classes of people.
Often overlooked in Supreme Court decisions involving race have been dissenting opinions, offering a far different view of racial issues under the Constitution of the United States. Presented here are five of those opinions.
Plessy v. Ferguson. Justice Harlan destroys the majority's "separate but equal" ruling, on moral and
constitutional grounds. Korematsu v. United States. Justice Jackson argues that the "relocation" of Japanese-American citizens during World War II is unconstitutional. Runyon v. McCrary. Justice White repudiates the notion that in the name of 'civil rights" private citizens can be forced to make contracts with persons of another race. Fullilove v. Klutznick. Justice Stewart opposes racial preferences for everyone from Negroes to Aleuts. Grutter v. Bollinger. Justice Thomas exposes the fallacies and detriments of affirmative action.
Often overlooked in Supreme Court decisions involving race have been dissenting opinions, offering a far different view of racial issues under the Constitution of the United States. Presented here are five of those opinions.
Plessy v. Ferguson. Justice Harlan destroys the majority's "separate but equal" ruling, on moral and
constitutional grounds. Korematsu v. United States. Justice Jackson argues that the "relocation" of Japanese-American citizens during World War II is unconstitutional. Runyon v. McCrary. Justice White repudiates the notion that in the name of 'civil rights" private citizens can be forced to make contracts with persons of another race. Fullilove v. Klutznick. Justice Stewart opposes racial preferences for everyone from Negroes to Aleuts. Grutter v. Bollinger. Justice Thomas exposes the fallacies and detriments of affirmative action.
