Neil Gorsuch's LGBT Decision May Doom Affirmative Action in the Supreme Court

[Michael Ejercito]

https://reason.com/2023/02/07/a-gorsuch-lgbt-decision-may-doom-affirmative-action/


Why isn’t affirmative action in college admissions prohibited under the
Civil Rights Act?
DAMON ROOT | FROM THE MARCH 2023 ISSUE

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(Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source image: Public domain)
In 2020, the Supreme Court held that firing an employee for being gay or
transgender violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which
prohibits employers from discriminating against a job applicant or
employee "because of" that individual's "sex." While "those who adopted
the Civil Rights Act might not have anticipated their work would lead to
this particular result," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority in
Bostock v. Clayton County, "the limits of the drafters' imagination
supply no reason to ignore the law's demands."

For Gorsuch, the choice was clear: "When the express terms of a statute
give us one answer and extratextual considerations suggest another, it's
no contest. Only the written word is the law, and all persons are
entitled to its benefit."

Judging from October's oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v.
University of North Carolina, Gorsuch may see affirmative action in
college admissions the same way. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act says
"no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or
national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the
benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

That language "is plain and clear just as Title VII is," Gorsuch told
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar. "Title VII does not permit
discrimination on the basis of sex, and Title VI does not permit
discrimination on the basis of race." So why isn't affirmative action in
college admissions prohibited under federal law?

"The term discrimination in this context is ambiguous," Prelogar replied.

"We didn't find it ambiguous in Bostock," Gorsuch said. "Why should we
find it ambiguous now? Were we wrong in Bostock?"

"No, I'm not suggesting that," Prelogar answered. She was well aware
that Gorsuch himself authored the Bostock opinion. But the Court has
found the term discrimination to be ambiguous in the context of Title
VI, she continued, urging respect for that precedent.

Gorsuch seemed to think there was no good reason to treat the word
differently in two parts of the same statute. If his reading is adopted
by the Court, it could help doom affirmative action in college and
university admissions.

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On 2/7/23 10:41 AM, Michael Ejercito wrote:
> https://reason.com/2023/02/07/a-gorsuch-lgbt-decision-may-doom-affirmative-action/
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> Why isn’t affirmative action in college admissions prohibited under the
> Civil Rights Act?

Because all the "civil rights" talk/laws/regs were really
just bullshit - the REAL agenda is 'reverse racism'.
Now Cal even wants everybody's MONEY to pay 'reparations' ...
obey or have your life confiscated by your betters.