Perhaps after deciding that Equal Protection prohibits affirmative action, the current Supreme Court will finally decide that Equal Protection means no special rights for certain ancestries.
We shall see. The Supreme Court heard arguments in Haaland v. Brackeen last week about this very subject (regarding if the Indian Child Welfare Act violates the Equal Protection Clause). We’ll know the outcome in the Spring.
I don’t even know where to start with this. Indian tribes are dependent sovereigns. They’re legal entities associated with territories. Membership is based on an ancestry, but that’s true for most countries as well.
That has nothing to do with affirmative action, or ancestry per se. For example, the US has certain treaty obligations to Spain regarding land rights in territory ceded to the US in the Spanish American war. I suspect many of the beneficiaries are Spanish or Mexican. But the right arises from the treaty with another sovereign.
The only objective truth for humanity is it’s inevitable end, in a decade or a million years. Believing we’re empowering the best equipped to get us a million more years is a ludicrous idea
It could be population collapse and rebuilding is the key to longevity at this point. No reason to believe more industrial production is 100% the correct optimization for species success.
It’s funny how a supposedly secular leaning social movement still generates sacrosanct poetry about itself.
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[ 0.23 ms ] story [ 24.7 ms ] threadRecognizing that the government is bound by the rule of law also seems like a good idea.
Moreover, it seems fair for citizens who are subject to taxation and federal legislation to be represented in the legislature.
Even ancestry checks could be inaccurate and potentially unfair.
That has nothing to do with affirmative action, or ancestry per se. For example, the US has certain treaty obligations to Spain regarding land rights in territory ceded to the US in the Spanish American war. I suspect many of the beneficiaries are Spanish or Mexican. But the right arises from the treaty with another sovereign.
The only objective truth for humanity is it’s inevitable end, in a decade or a million years. Believing we’re empowering the best equipped to get us a million more years is a ludicrous idea
It could be population collapse and rebuilding is the key to longevity at this point. No reason to believe more industrial production is 100% the correct optimization for species success.
It’s funny how a supposedly secular leaning social movement still generates sacrosanct poetry about itself.