Zero-Sum Justice
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
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The Role of the Courts in the Civil Rights Movement
In 1971, in Palmer v. Thompson, the court found no constitutional offense in a city draining its public swimming pool rather than integrating it. Dolly Levi: I think we've given too much to the courts and the way in which they can create minority rule. She says liberal programs were withholding opportunity that gets us to where we are today. And more with Heather McGee on her book, The Some of Us.
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