Meet the women behind the supreme courts controversial. Shanta driver, a detroitbased lawyer also arguing in support of. In driver and by any mean necessarys view, its the amendment s intent thats important. Federal judge rules maleonly draft unconstitutional. Proaffirmative action side mocked by conservative and. Shanta driver, an attorney for the coalition, got off to a bad start when she said that the purpose of the 14th amendment was to protect minority rights against a white majority. On affirmative action, the court tackles a deceptively simple.
Most remarkable was her willingness to say that the fourteenth amendment protects only minority rights against a white majority, a position that no case of the court has ever embraced, as an. The fourteenth amendment was designed specifically to protect the rights of black people in the south, who are recognized to be victims, washington explained. The instawife and instadaughter went to a panel at one of my law conferences a few years ago and were surprised to hear someone say that the fourteenth amendment doesnt protect white people. Shanta driver and its a measure in which the question of discrimination is determined not just by by power, by who has privilege in this society, and those minorities that are oppressed, be they religious or racial, need protection from a more privileged majority. Getting rid of discrimination by any means necessary the. Supreme court hears arguments on michigans affirmative. Getting rid of discrimination by any means necessary.
When lawyer shanta driver, representing the coalition to defend affirmative action, said the equalprotection clause of the u. We say hell no, said bamn attorney shanta driver, who addressed the cheering crowd through a megaphone. In one of the most bizarre rulings to come out of a federal appeals court in decades, the sixth circuit last year held that banning racial discrimination in the collegeadmissions process and requiring equal treatment violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. Supreme court justices comments seem to favor michigan. Supreme court tackles new affirmative action case cnn. Supreme court seems poised to uphold michigan ban on. Rosenbaum argued for the cantrell respondents, and shanta driver. Supreme court leans toward michigan affirmative action ban. Shanta driver, who was trying to answer a question from justice samuel alito, telling driver she was giving the wrong answer and then.
Washington when shanta driver, the attorney for the coalition to defend affirmative action, argued at the supreme court tuesday that the purpose of the 14th amendment is to protect minority rights against a white majority, justice antonin scalia was incredulous. Constitution was meant to protect minorities rights from attack. After court strikes down affirmative action ban, detroit. On october 15, 20, the topic of affirmative action once again came before the united states supreme court. Do you have any case of ours that propounds that view of the 14th amendment, that it protects only minorities. The court held that the fourteenth amendments equal protection clause. Associate justice antonin scalia immediately interrupted her.
The sixth circuit court of appeals found that the ban violates the 14th amendment s equal protection clause. Supreme court likely to uphold michigan measure on race. So justice antonin scalia pounced when shanta driver of the coalition to defend affirmative action said the 14th amendment was intended only to protect minority rights against a white majority. Shanta driver, the lawyer for the coalition to defend affirmative action, said any state action that puts minorities at a disadvantage, even if the purpose is to lessen a special benefit those. Shanta driver, a detroitbased lawyer also arguing in support of affirmative action, called on the court to bring the equal protection clause of the constitutions 14th amendment back to its.
The civil rights movement important court cases of the. Equal protection but not for whites washington examiner. Shanta driver, the lawyer for the coalition to defend affirmative action, said any. Shanta driver, a detroitbased lawyer also arguing in support of affirmative action on behalf of the coalition to defend. Second federal judge places hold on trump administration.
After court strikes down affirmative action ban, detroit activists predict minority enrollment will double at universities. Attorneys shanta driver, left, george washington and monica smith of. Bamn attorney shanta driver ran into blowback from the court when she argued that the equal protection clause of the constitutions 14th amendment should be brought back to its original purpose. Only 4 percent of the doctors in michigan are black 14. As this exchange makes clear, drivers view of the 14th amendment is a highly eccentric oneone that. The decision robs the fourteenth amendment of one of its core intentssecuring the right of all citizens to participate meaningfully and equally in. Bamn attorney shanta driver ran into blowback from the court when she argued that the equal protection clause of the constitutions 14th amendment should be brought back to its original. This time, the debate over racebased preferences came to. Supreme court takes on affirmative action in michigan ban case. Fourteenth amendment scope of as defining citizenship 290 291 292 as affect4ng from law 101 at university of california, irvine. Fourteenth amendment scope of as defining citizenship 290. Supreme court hears arguments on michigans affirmativeaction.