Portside

The Michigan case, Judge Sonia Sotomayor explained, is simply the latest example of an old and familiar abuse of the Constitution. The white majority used its power to change the rules in the middle of the game and deprive racial minorities of a fair shot at acquiring their just political rights.

The problem that people of color face... is that the advantages are never in our corner.

When someone says that most Americans oppose race-based affirmative action, what they really mean is most White Americans oppose it.