The Fifth Column

#413 - So Many Idiots (w/ Damon Root)

Jul 2, 2023

02:09:19

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Will this have impact on Affirmative Action programs outside higher education

01:23

Question of what to use as the Compelling state interest

01:55

Pride is Earned

00:33

Sotomayor 303 dissent cites Falsehoods

01:05

Introduction

5min

The Dissent of Justice Sonia Sotomayor

3min

The Protege Has Overtaken the Teacher

6min

The Right-Wing Takeover of the Courts

2min

The Democratic Appointees on the Supreme Court

3min

The Role of Race in the 14th Amendment

3min

The Dark View of Roberts on Race

3min

The Legacy of Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court

2min

The Role of Clarence Thomas in the Supreme Court

2min

10.

Katanji Brown Jackson's Dissenting Opinion

5min

11.

The Supreme Court's Argument for Affirmative Action

3min

12.

The Disconnection of Justice Jackson's Dissenting Opinion

6min

13.

The Root Problem With Racism

4min

14.

The Role of Racial Preferences in Education

3min

15.

The Disconnect Between the Stated Purposes of Affirmative Action and the Actual Way They Work in Reality

3min

16.

The Dumb Side of Asian Hate

6min

17.

The Supreme Court's Decision in the Heroes Act

2min

18.

The Politics of Biden's Dissent

5min

19.

The Most Egregious Overreach on the DeSantis Podcast

2min

20.

The Gay Wedding Cake Website Case

2min

21.

The First Amendment and Free Speech

3min

22.

The Argument for Redesigning a Website Domain

3min

23.

The Supreme Court's Decision in Bostock

3min

24.

The Role of Creative Prudence in the Dobbs Decision

2min

25.

The Political Appetite of the Supreme Court

2min

26.

The Limits of the Sodomayor Gorsuch Alliance

2min

27.

How to Subvert the Supreme Court's Decline of the Constitution

5min

28.

The Role of Race in UNC's Holistic Admission Process

2min

29.

The Importance of Race in College Decisions

3min

30.

The Complications of Slavery

5min

31.

Katanji Brown Jackson's Argument for Race Equity

5min

32.

The Disparities of White Supremacy Hang in the Balance

4min

33.

The Politics of Affirmative Action

3min

34.

The End of Affirmative Action

4min

35.

The Defects of the Race Taxonomy

4min

36.

The Tendency to View Race as the Case for Equity

4min

37.

The Solution to the Algerian War

5min

38.

The End of Pride Month

3min

Our old pal Damon Root, author of Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court, stops by to explain why the world is ending and racism won and all new websites will be homophobic and paying your debts is fascism or something.

So yeah, the lads discuss the court, affirmative action, student loans and how to eat your gay website cake. Enjoy.

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