In a dissenting opinion, Alito takes a potshot at Bush’s signature racial justice program.

In a dissenting opinion, Alito takes a potshot at Bush’s signature racial justice program.

The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will not hear Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, a lawsuit attacking a school admissions program that was considered a cutting-edge conservative idea a quarter century ago — and whose most prominent champion was Republican former President George W. Bush.

Two justices dissented, with Justice Samuel Alito writing an angry opinion attacking a school admissions policy that closely mirrors Bush’s signature racial justice program.

In the late 1990s, when Bush was governor of Texas, he signed legislation creating that state’s “top 10 percent” law for university admissions. As the name implies, Bush’s law guaranteed that Texas high school students who graduated in the top 10 percent of their class would be admitted to state-run universities. The program is still in effect, although the state’s flagship school, the University of Texas at Austin, only accepts the top 6 percent or so of students due to increased applications.

  • @[email protected]English
    6•4 months ago

    I know it’s satire and you know it’s satire.

    But just in case anyone actually thinks Reagan wasn’t a raging, bigoted, evil piece of shit, lemme drop this conversation between him and Nixon…

    (And, TW, this is really fucking offensive and I feel gross even posting it but I think it is important to make sure everyone knows.)

    “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did,” Reagan said. “Yeah,” Nixon interjected. Reagan forged ahead with his complaint: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Nixon gave a huge laugh.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/ronald-reagans-racist-conversation-richard-nixon/595102/

    • Flying Squid
      6•4 months ago

      There are so, so, so many reasons you could give to show what a piece of shit Reagan was that it could probably take all night. But that is not a bad one. Another example would be the fact that Reagan didn’t even use the word AIDS in a speech until 1985, after he was re-elected and, of course, after thousands of people had died. Because it was “the gay disease.” Nancy even turned down Rock Hudson’s plea for medication after he came out of the closet and announced he had AIDS. His former so-called friends abandoned him and let him died. Fucking ghouls those two.