| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 1772 |
| AUTHOR: | Charles Richey, Judge, US District Court, District of Columbia |
| QUOTATION: | The court must admit that it is not comfortable with racially based distinctions. [But] no decision of [the Supreme] Court has ever adopted the proposition that the Constitution must be colorblind. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Rejecting Justice Department’s argument that a 1984 Supreme Court decision “precludes the use of any raceconscious affirmative action plan,” 1 Apr 85 |
| SUBJECTS: | The World: Law: Judicial Opinions |
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