[ohioWfan]

Nice fact, Hoodat.

From its very beginning and its early support for slavery the Dem party has been the party of racism. Jim Crow was Democrat policy. Woodrow Wilson and his segregation policy were Dem ideology, the leftist goal of abortion is racist in its origin, the Dems opposed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, and as you said, opposed Thurgood Marshall, and they are racist to this day.

I only wish that every African-American in this country understood those facts.

[Hoodat]

I'll take it a step further. The judicial philosophy of Sotomayor and her fellow liberals is to issue rulings based not upon the wording of the Constitution of the United States of America, but rather upon the general consensus of the times. It is this exact same philosophy that gave us Plessy v. Ferguson back in 1898. In that case, seven Justices completely ignored Amendment XIV and instead ruled based upon their personal beliefs. The opinion of the lone dissenter (a Republican) should be required study for every person in America.

Harlan's Dissent

[Hoodat]

Here's Harlan's full opinion.

Harlan's Dissent

[lentulusgracchus]

....the Dems opposed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, and as you said, opposed Thurgood Marshall, and they are racist to this day.

Careful about your categorical thinking there, FRiend.

Ohio and Illinois were in the vanguard of black codes before and after the Civil War. In the 1890's, Cincinnati had some codes and racial covenants that forbade blacks to own property outside a small, crowded, unhealthful area near the old downtown, near the river.

Antebellum Illinoisans enforced their black code by jailing offending blacks who entered Illinois (that was the offense) by "selling them South". Neat, huh? Get rid of the problem and someone else pays you for handling it.

And when the Klan marched in the 1920's -- under the flag of the United States, by the way -- it was Catholic Democrats who opposed them with practical measures.