unless you are from out of the country...
Posted on 08/02/2010 3:57:33 PM PDT by WilliamIII
SAN FRANCISCO — California's high court on Monday upheld the state's 14-year-old law barring preferential treatment of women and minorities in public school admissions, government hiring and contracting.
In a 6-1 ruling, the state Supreme Court rejected arguments from the city of San Francisco and Attorney General Jerry Brown that the law, known as Proposition 209, violates federal equality protections.
Opponents of the ban say it creates barriers for minorities and women that don't exist for other groups, such as veterans seeking preference.
The ruling written by Justice Kathryn Werdegar came in response to lawsuits filed by white contractors challenging San Francisco's affirmative action program, which was suspended in 2003.
"As the court recognized, Proposition 209 is a civil rights measure that protects everyone, regardless of background," said Sharon Browne, a lawyer for the Pacific Legal Foundation, which represented the contractors. "Under Proposition 209, no one can be victimized by unfair government policies that discriminate or grant preferences based on sex or skin color."
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Why is this not nationwide now?
Count one for the good guys.
Excellent question.
Affirmative action may have arguably been useful a long while back but with that being said, it is utterly useless now, having long outlived its purpose.
There just has to be an exception in there for Middle Aged White Guys M.A.W.G’s. It ‘s probably hidden somewhere in the ruling. It will come out, just wait and see.
It's questionable whether it accomplished ANY purpose, other than fodder for race baiting and politicizing. With a record number of black males behind bars, the attrocious poverty rate among blacks and other minorities, and a social/family structure that is completely in the dumper - please, let's bring back the days of "discrimination."
Agreed.
I love how people can argue that a law that does not allow preferential treatment of any kind to anybody can possibly disadvantage anybody (the only way to argue this is to unequivocably state that minorities are inferior, and cannot possibly succeed on a level playing field)
unless you are from out of the country...
This law is not practiced in this state and never will be enforced.
they'll just call it something else...like "diverse background" etc.
However, one day there'll be a very very big suit that will prevail. Somebody will get rich...the taxpayers will pay...and govt agencies will continue to ignore the law...and somebody else will get rich etc.
How far have we come-—now we need a law protecting white people from discrimination. So all of these affirmative action laws on the books are there simply to discriminate on the side of people complaining they are being discriminated against. Whew, are we all confused yet?
“Affirmative action” is a misnomer, it’s unconstitutional, inherently racist and sexist, and nothing more than a political payoff for those who don’t want to work for a living.
If you can’t compete, you don’t belong.
JOhn Roberts pretty much nailed it when he said that the way to end racial discrimination was to stop discriminating by race.
“In a 6-1 ruling, the state Supreme Court rejected arguments from the city of San Francisco and Attorney General Jerry Brown “
Fyi that idiot is running for governor again.
Yet this same court had overturned Prop 187 in the 90’s. Why?
Because these racists are in the White House.....
The Congressional Black Criminals (CBC) are in the Capitol Dome....
And these idiots are on the Supreme Court....
That's why.
No; it’s a state court ruling so any appeal would have to be to the U.S. Suprem Court.
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