Somebody correct me if I'm mistaken but I didn't realize affirmative action was a civil right. Did I miss something?
Yeah, unfortunately about 30-40 years of (bigoted) contermporary American history.
Apparently, working your way through law school and becoming a successful judge without the benefit of racial preferences or quotas is NOT a right if you are black. You might convey the very dangerous message that - gasp! - blacks can make it on their own! And G-d forbid, they might actually be able to think independently and not toe the Dumbocratic party line. We certainly can't have that!
Just that I guess these people are never going to forgive Janice Rogers Brown for writing the majority opinion that upheld Proposition 209 in California. A lot of damn gall she had to find a government program in which contracts were tied to race and gender impermissible given that California voters had banned such preferences by referendum.
She did not impose any personal opinion. She merely upheld the clear intent of the voters. Must be why she is so reviled.