Biden be havin' some mad notions 'bout the Supreme Court and our blessed Constitution, matey!
2023-07-03
Arrr! Biden be mixin' up history like a drunken sailor, claimin' Supreme Court be turnin' the tides on gains we battled for in 1860. His twisted vision be leadin' him to believe the court be as abnormal as a peg-legged parrot!
The Supreme Court's decision to end the use of race in college admissions was not surprising, but President Joe Biden reacted with outrage and claimed that the Court had gutted the constitutional guarantee of equality. Biden criticized the Court for ignoring what the Constitution says, referring to the Declaration of Independence's statement that all men and women are created equal. However, his reference was misguided. The Court believed that by barring the use of race in admissions, it was actually protecting the guarantee of equality. Chief Justice John Roberts, in particular, has been consistent in his opposition to racial discrimination, stating that the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. Biden's hyperbolic statements also extended to the Civil War, falsely claiming that the Court's decisions were reversing the gains made in that war. In reality, the Court's decisions on affirmative action have been conflicted for decades. The president's revisionism and distortions of constitutional history are concerning, as they belittle the struggles for equality and hinder a productive debate on these issues. Biden also criticized the Court for reversing precedent, but the greatest advance in racial equality came from the Court's reversal of the doctrine of "separate but equal." Overall, it is important to address current problems of racism without distorting or weaponizing our shared history.