Well, like baldric out of costume and no beard. It was terrifying, really.
There is court precedent that says that the judges tend to be extra careful about laws relating to race, but the rest of it? I'm a political science pre-law student, and I've never heard that, and given my particular interest in minority law and identity politics, I'd know it. It would be very well known in the circles I run in. The supreme court can only rule on laws brought before them by affected citizens, so there's no institutional difference in the way different forms of discrimination are treated, though transexuals are given the short shaft, and depending on the makeup of the court and their prejudices, the supreme court can say they think the law's just great even if it is discriminatory to any group. Also you're going to get laughed out of the courtroom if you claim a law discriminates against people with blue eyes.
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Date: 2010-02-12 11:54 pm (UTC)There is court precedent that says that the judges tend to be extra careful about laws relating to race, but the rest of it? I'm a political science pre-law student, and I've never heard that, and given my particular interest in minority law and identity politics, I'd know it. It would be very well known in the circles I run in. The supreme court can only rule on laws brought before them by affected citizens, so there's no institutional difference in the way different forms of discrimination are treated, though transexuals are given the short shaft, and depending on the makeup of the court and their prejudices, the supreme court can say they think the law's just great even if it is discriminatory to any group. Also you're going to get laughed out of the courtroom if you claim a law discriminates against people with blue eyes.