"Kilpatrick viewed the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education as a 'revolutionary act by a judicial junta which simply seized power.' He warned that the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act would destroy 'the whole basis of individual liberty.'"
"In a 1965 National Review cover story, Kilpatrick argued that in order to 'give the Negro the vote,' the Voting Rights Act would repeal the Constitution, revealing his deep-seated beliefs about race and governance."
"Kilpatrick insisted that 'the Negro race, as a race, is in fact an inferior race,' showcasing his segregationist views that persisted despite his later claims of supporting color-blindness."
"The Roberts Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais, while purporting to uphold Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, effectively nullifies it by ruling that a redistricting map creating majority-Black districts was an 'unconstitutional racial gerrymander.'"
James Jackson Kilpatrick viewed the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education as a judicial overreach. He warned that the Civil Rights Act would undermine individual liberty and claimed the Voting Rights Act would repeal the Constitution. Kilpatrick's beliefs included the notion of racial inferiority. By the 1970s, he presented himself as an opponent of racial discrimination, criticizing race-conscious policies. The Roberts Court's recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais appears to uphold the Voting Rights Act while enabling racial discrimination in political districting.
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