Critics and defenders of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown attacked each other Wednesday….
Prominent blacks charged President Bush deliberately chose a conservative black woman so it would be harder for senators to vote against her. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11/06/03]
Comments WSJ’s Taranto: “Having long ago achieved the indisputably noble goal of ensuring that America lives up to the promise of equal justice under the law for all citizens regardless of race, the civil rights movement turned to the more dubious pursuit of ‘affirmative action.’ Now, however, they are complaining that blacks receive favorable treatment.”