Ruth Colker: White Supremacist Constitution
Professor Ruth Colker, Distinguished University Professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, is one of the leading scholars in the country in the areas of Constitutional Law and Disability Discrimination. Professor Ruth Colker discusses her 2022 Utah Law Review article, "The White Supremacist Constitution." The United States Constitution is a document that, during every era, has helped further white supremacy. White supremacy constitutes a “political, economic and cultural system in which whites overwhelmingly control power and material resources." Professor Colker discusses how the U.S. Constitution has been used by the Supreme Court to limit racial progress and Congressional power to address racism through legistlation. With appeals to Equal Protection Statues and Originalism, the Justices have interpreted the Constitutional meaning to sustain and, in some cases, white power and control of societial resources.
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