[puroresu]

Scenic, the problem with your analogy is that it was the "liberals" who made state college admission policies a matter of federal jurisdiction. They even enacted a federal law (1964 Civil Rights Act) which bans racial discrimination by government, which includes state universities. Then, when the opportunity arose to practice a form of racial discrimination they like, the "liberals" suddenly demanded that we ignore all those rulings and laws they've imposed the past 40 years.

If you want to make a case that ALL state colleges, and certainly private colleges, should be free from federal interference, you might have a point. However, "liberals" are wanting to have their cake and eat it, too. They want the feds to have jurisdiction over state colleges and even private colleges, EXCEPT when those colleges practice a form of discrimination they personally approve of. Then, they want to ignore their own laws.

It's the left, not the right, that's being inconsistent here.

[Scenic Sounds]

It's the left, not the right, that's being inconsistent here.

You're correct that the left argued that the Supreme Court should use the Fourteenth Amendment to overturn state laws in the fifties, the sixties, etc. But even before that it was the conservatives who argued in favor of the Supreme Court giving the Fourteenth Amendment an expansive interpretation during the early part of the last century to strike down state regulations on business. Neither side has been consistent historically.

My point is that today I'm seeing conservatives who argue in favor of an aggressive Supreme Court in the area of state college admissions policies express profound shock that the same Supreme Court might dare interfere with state criminal laws concerning private sexual conduct.

I'd like to see the Supreme Court exercise a little more self-restraint in both areas. I'd like to see our states have some more room for experimentation.

And I'd like to see more conservatives develop a more consistent approach to how they think the Supreme Court should function in our society.