Supreme Court supports upholds constitutional right to racism

by Aleister
Published: Monday, July 9th, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Supreme Court issued a ruling today on a case that challenged the constitutionality of a school integration plan. In a 5 to 4 decision, the Court stated that it is unconstitutional to integrate people on the basis of race. Chief Justice Roberts, in the majority opinion, stated that programs "may integrate on the basis of a large number of factors, like maybe shoe size, but race is not an option." Another opinion, by Justice Alito, indicated that "the purpose of integration was never to mix people of different races, and that to do so would be discriminating against both the happy, fearful, insular white man and the freakish hobgoblins that comprise other races. This is a free country, dammit."

Justice Breyer delivered a dissenting opinion that indicates that the decision will allow school districts that are so inclined to resegregate their schools, and that without these safeguards, racism has a legal channel for action. The majority opinions each stated that Justice Breyers' arguments are wrong because they are wrong, and also because "it is obvious that incorrect things are self-evidently not right, and Justice Breyer's argument is one of these," according to Alito.

This decision marks the overturning of a precedent that has stood since the "separate but equal" doctrine was struck down, ushering in the age of integration in the latter half of the twentieth century; Roberts stated, "We believe that [integration] had a time and a place, and that time is over, and we were never really sure where the place was anyway; definitely not Alabama." Alito deviated from this, indicating that it was "inherently wrong, because, as our predecessors decided, separate is inherently unequal. Unequal conditions should come about on their own merits."

Chief Justice Roberts concluded that any "racist" attempt to artificially integrate schools would be a step towards equal opportunity for all citizens, a position that "smacks of Communism, if you ask me."