Ketanji Brown Jackson in CNN "State of the Union" interviews for 2023 races

On Civil Rights: Deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life

In the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision, Clarence Thomas' opinion said "Individuals are the sum of their unique experiences, challenges and accomplishments. What matters is not the barriers they face, but how they choose to confront them. And their race is not to blame for everything, good or bad, that happens in their lives." And Ketanji Brown Jackson said: "Deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. Although formal race-linked legal barriers are gone, race still matters to the lived experiences of all Americans in innumerable ways. And today's ruling makes things worse, not better."

[The Supreme Court ruled 6-2-1 in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, with Ketanji Brown Jackson recusing herself, that Harvard's admissions program violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The same ruling applied to SFFA v. University of North Carolina, hence disallowing affirmative action in both private and public college admissions -- OTI]

Source: CNN SOTU on 2023 SCOTUS rulings Jul 2, 2023

The above quotations are from CNN "State of the Union" interviews for 2023 races (Jake Tapper and Dana Bash interviewing candidates for 2021-2023 races). Click here for other excerpts from CNN "State of the Union" interviews for 2023 races (Jake Tapper and Dana Bash interviewing candidates for 2021-2023 races). Click here for other excerpts by Ketanji Brown Jackson. Click here for a profile of Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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