More Reverse Descrimination?
In what shouldn’t surprise anyone, a white Republican state (Tennessee) representative was rejected from full membership in the state’s black caucus. Again, when there is a group that limits its membership to just white or just men, there is always public outcry and condemnation. I just thought it was important to point this out because it’s worth some thought.
Stefanie Lindquist, a professor of law and political science at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, said the case sets the Constitution against itself.
“You have, in effect, one piece of the Constitution pitted against another piece of the Constitution ? the First Amendment freedom of association pitted against the equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment,” she said. “Hard to say which one will win out.”