Chief Justice Roberts and American Civil War History

[David Lockmiller]

In the article, Adam Liptik of the New York Times quoted arguments made to the "pre-determined" Supreme Court Justices on this constitutional issue:

“If you’re Black,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said, “you’re more likely to be in an underresourced school. You’re more likely to be taught by teachers who are not as qualified as others. You’re more likely to be viewed as having less academic potential.”

Elizabeth B. Prelogar, the U.S. solicitor general, argued in support of the universities in both cases. “When students of all races and backgrounds come to college and live together and learn together, they become better colleagues, better citizens and better leaders,” she said.

She said that kind of educational environment is particularly vital to the military and that other institutions, including the Supreme Court, still had work to do.

In the two weeks of arguments that began Monday, she said, 27 lawyers are scheduled to argue. “Two are women,” she said, “even though women today are 50 percent or more of law school graduates. And I think it would be reasonable for a woman to look at that and wonder. Is that a path that’s open to me, to be a Supreme Court advocate?”