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Old 07-01-2011, 05:28 PM
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Default 6th Circuit finds that equal protection violates "Equal Protection"

Which makes total sense.

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Old 07-01-2011, 05:34 PM
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See, one time one side wins, and the next time the other side gets to win. Fair and balanced.
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thread title = lie. There's nothing "equal" about affirmative action type of policies.

Or was it just that you weren't able to use red font in the title?
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Old 07-01-2011, 05:40 PM
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Hey, I'm just reporting what the court said. Take it up with them.
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Who are these idiot judges?

Is this the same stupid circuit that said the mandate and HCR was legal?
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At what point does affirmitive action become discrimination?
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At what point does affirmitive action become discrimination?
The point when it was enacted.
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The debate will always fall along two sides: the equality of opportunity vs. the equality of outcome.
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The debate will always fall along two sides: the equality of opportunity vs. the equality of outcome.
The side that benefits from affirmitive action will always argue for its continuance.
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The side that benefits from affirmitive action will always argue for its continuance.
You might be startled - nay, horrified! - to learn that this is true of many things.
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