Featuring Barb McQuade, "Offsides with Pablo Torre," Shalise Manza Young, Rick Hasen, Democracy Movement, "Taking Feds," and a special CWC--introducing Senior Writer Tim Dickinson to the family!
Does the Constitution say anything about compensating for errors of the past? I think that comes from an unwritten concept called fairness. If SCOTUS throws out the Voting Rights Act compensation for discrimination I will be disappointed but not surprised. The same goes for compensating native americans for the taking of their land and the genocide that followed it. Fairness and decency says we should. It's the right thing to do, but the Constitution doesn't direct it. IT ALSO DOESN'T SAY WE SHOULDN'T! Is equality measured as a point in time and space or an average over both? The average would be more fair.
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Welcome, Senior Writer Tim Dickinson!! The more good folks hear the merrier.
And my phone thinks it’s smart. I meant “here.” 😏
Does the Constitution say anything about compensating for errors of the past? I think that comes from an unwritten concept called fairness. If SCOTUS throws out the Voting Rights Act compensation for discrimination I will be disappointed but not surprised. The same goes for compensating native americans for the taking of their land and the genocide that followed it. Fairness and decency says we should. It's the right thing to do, but the Constitution doesn't direct it. IT ALSO DOESN'T SAY WE SHOULDN'T! Is equality measured as a point in time and space or an average over both? The average would be more fair.
Good work !
Welcome new Contrarian Tim Dickinson. Great piece by Barbara McQuade .
Can you bring on Parker Malloy? Their column is fantastic. Today’s in particular was very insightful: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FJ6f!,w_1272,h_715,c_fill,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_center/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F77757ac4-3ecf-4ae9-96d0-dc63efdbd8be_2000x1333.png
How can we call MAGA on playing the victim card?
Jen Rubin, PLEASE raise your monitor/camera like everyone else does. No nose cams.