Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court

Rhetorical Neutrality and the Perpetuation of Inequality

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvCedric Merlin Powell

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Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court: Rhetorical Neutrality and the Perpetuation of Inequality provides the first comprehensive Critical Race Theory critique of the United States Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. Since being named to the Court in 2005, Chief Justice Roberts has maintained a position of neutrality in his opinions on race. By dissecting neutrality and how it functions as a unifying feature in all the Court's race jurisprudence, this book illustrates the consequences of this ostensible impartiality. By examining the Court's racial jurisprudence dating back to the Reconstruction, the book shows how the Court has actively rationalized systemic oppression through neutral rhetoric and the elevation of process-based decisional values, which are rooted in democratic myths of inclusivity and openness. Timely and trenchant, the book illustrates the permanence of racism and how neutrality must be rejected to achieve true empowerment and substantive equality.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-11-03
Mått235 x 158 x 20 mm
Vikt510 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor252
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108839945

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1. Rhetorical neutrality and post-racial historicism; 2. The Burger and Rehnquist Courts: transitional equality and post-racial colorblindness; 3. The Roberts Court and post-racial constitutionalism; 4. Post-racial process discourse: Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action; 5. Fisher II: Post-racial process values and the diversity myth; 6. Ricci v. DeStefano: Post-racial neutrality, opportunity, and results; 7. Texas Department of Housing Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.: disparate impact and post-racialism; 8. Voting rights: contrived federalism and the problem of second-generation discrimination; Conclusion.

'Professor Cedric Powell has synthesized the Court's race cases into a wonderfully lucid theory that explains how we have arrived at an age where a Chief Justice can blithely declare, without irony, that the 'way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.' Powell's brilliant book provides insight about where we likely will go in the next decades, teaching us that we are naive to believe that the Court will be an ally in the struggle for racial justice.' Khiara M. Bridges, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law