Friday, October 30, 2009

George Orwell lives: Black is White

Justice Scalia, in Tucson the other day, argued that Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was correct, and that, "You can change as fast as you like through the legislature.  Pass a law.”

He disdains Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).


 Apparently -- in the Justice's view -- between 1896 & 1954, the state Legislatures did away with the so-called 'Separate but Equal' doctrine that perpetuated discrimination.

Or, perhaps Mr. Scalia believes that justice delayed is not  justice denied".

It appears that, in Mr. Scalia's view, fifty-eight years is just a short wait while the various state legislatures get around to it.

I respectfully disagree.

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