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  • Colorblindness in Snyder?

    Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:38 PM By Richard Ford

    [by Rich Ford] Diane, Here's a take on Snyder and words left unsaid: Justices Roberts' and Alito's position in Snyder is perfectly consistent with a strict and rigorous colorblindness interpretation of the equal protection clause-- i.e. the same position Read More...
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  • What Snyder did not say about race

    Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:42 PM By Diane Marie Amann

    by Diane Marie Amann Today the issue of race divided conservatives in America. In Snyder v. Louisiana , the U.S. Supreme Court reversed defendant's capital conviction for murder of his estranged wife on the ground that the exclusion of a single potential Read More...
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