[goldilucky]

I thought affirmative action was illegal in the Supreme Court. Hiring based on race rather than qualifications is not only illegal but un-American.

[Landru]

"I thought affirmative action was illegal in the Supreme Court. Hiring based on race rather than qualifications is not only illegal but un-American."

HA!!
Yea, & it can get damned downright dangerous as we saw with the Philly cop?

...& the unAmerican part is why I suspect they're doing it, at that.

[mrustow]

I thought affirmative action was illegal in the Supreme Court.

It is. But as Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom reported in America in Black and White, Clinton aides, Christopher Edley (now a Harvard Law professor) and Geroge Stephanopolous, drew up a policy of violating the USSC decision (I think the case was Adarand v. Pena). And while Bush doesn't go out of his way to violate USSC decisions, he also doesn't do anything to ensure that the Constitution is respected. After the mau-mauing he endured in the attempted Gore coup in 2000, he has bent over for black racists.