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The Constitution is Color-Blind
American Thinker ^ | 9 Oct, 2022 | Clarice Feldman

Posted on 10/09/2022 6:32:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The Biden administration's policies on race are another example of the Democrats destroying the country while claiming to fix it.

This week, President Biden suggested that the federal government has engaged in racial discrimination with respect to sentencing people for marijuana possession. “Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives.... That’s before you address the clear disparities around prosecution and conviction.”

Ann Althouse thinks he was spouting blarney for political purposes. But if he thought this was the case, he shouldn’t have selected Kamala Harris as his running mate. She made her mark as a California attorney general in securing almost 2,000 convictions for marijuana use and possession:

...there is no escaping the fact that Senator Kamala Harris built her political career on her record as a prosecutor. In that position she oversaw the arrest and prosecution of thousands of people, mostly young people of color, for marijuana and other drug offenses.

That record has her selection as Biden’s running mate being roundly criticized, and not only by progressives who see her history as a “law-and-order” prosecutor and record of fighting to uphold wrongful convictions while in office. Conservatives, particularly libertarian leaning Republicans who have long been supportive of criminal justice reform have been harshly critical of her support for prosecuting so-called “quality of life” crimes that generally involve low level non-violent offenses like marijuana charges.

Earlier, she claimed that hurricane relief would be prioritized to communities of color, something White House housekeepers quickly tried to sweep away.

More race discussions can be expected next month when the Supreme Court takes up two cases involving affirmative action in higher education: Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: individualliberty

1 posted on 10/09/2022 6:32:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Collectivism does not recognize individual liberty and freedom.


2 posted on 10/09/2022 6:32:57 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: upchuck

Clarice ping


3 posted on 10/09/2022 6:33:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber; 5th MEB; Albion Wilde; American in Israel; bitt; BlackAdderess; bobfeland; burghguy; ...
Thanks for the ping MtnClimber.


Clarice Feldman ping.

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4 posted on 10/09/2022 6:45:31 AM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed with the clot-shot, the more evidence I see supporting my decision.)
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To: MtnClimber

The Constitution is color blind which is why no one should be toderstjng sports people publicly disrespecting the national anthem which represents it


5 posted on 10/09/2022 7:19:04 AM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

toderstjng ???


6 posted on 10/09/2022 7:24:59 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily

“ toderstjng ???”

Yes. It’s pre coffe lazy non edited/checked speak for ‘Tolerating.’


7 posted on 10/09/2022 7:29:45 AM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

Ah!


8 posted on 10/09/2022 7:30:42 AM PDT by Reily
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To: stanne

“toderstjng”

Wow…first time my beber’s been stuned since that møøse bit mi sister!


9 posted on 10/09/2022 8:00:02 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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