Justice Clarence Thomas wasn’t the only one who responded to Ketanji Jackson’s absurd dissents in the Students for Fair Admissions cases v. Harvard, and the Students for Fair Admissions case v. University of North Carolina. Virginia Lt. Governor. Winsome Sears attacked Jackson’s dissent while referring to Jackson as a pick for the court based on affirmative action.
Host Martha MacCallum asked, “This is the dissent from Justice Jackson. She said, ‘With let them eat cake obliviousness today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces color blindness for all by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life,’ she said. She and Justice Sotomayor were outraged by this decision. Sotomayor said, ‘The opinion today will highlight the court’s own impetus in the face of America who cries for equality resound.’ What would you say to these justices?”
Sears replied, “Well, you have a justice who has been chosen because she is black and because she’s a female.” “Now we understand what a woman really is,” Sears said. Martha, as we play these stupid games, I’m saying the education crisis in America is a national one. China does not play these stupid games. China, Russia, and others are all interested in dominating the world. We should be worried about this. Our children do not learn. Martha, according to statistics, 60% of students who graduate high school and go to college need remedial education in their first year.
Do you know that the president has talked about eliminating student loans? The children will have to spend an extra year at college because they took out loans for work they should have done in high school. Let’s stop there and get on to the remedies. I am in favor of school choice. School choice is now. “Our children are in need.”
Winsome Sears on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson:
“What you have is a justice who was chosen because she’s black and because she’s a woman…” pic.twitter.com/v12L6gqHLH
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 29, 2023
Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion addressed Jackson’s dissenting view directly, addressing her by name several times. Thomas said that Jackson’s “race-infused worldview falls flat on every step.” “Each individual is the sum of his or her unique challenges, experiences, and accomplishments.”
Thomas wrote: “What is important is not what obstacles they face but how they choose them to be confronted. Their race is not responsible for all that happens to them, good or bad.” “An opposite, myopic view of the world based on skin color and excluding personal choices is nothing but racial discrimination.”
