Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court - Rhetorical Neutrality and the Perpetuation of Inequality

Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court: Rhetorical Neutrality and the Perpetuation of Inequality provides the first comprehensive Critical Race Theory critique of the United States Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. Since being named to the Court in 2005, Chief Justice Roberts has maintained a position of neutrality in his opinions on race. By dissecting neutrality and how it functions as a unifying feature in all the Court's race jurisprudence, this book illustrates the consequences of this ostensible impartiality. By examining the Court's racial jurisprudence dating back to the Reconstruction, the book shows how the Court has actively rationalized systemic oppression through neutral rhetoric and the elevation of process-based decisional values, which are rooted in democratic myths of inclusivity and openness. Timely and trenchant, the book illustrates the permanence of racism and how neutrality must be rejected to achieve true empowerment and substantive equality.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2023
Authors:	Cedric Merlin Powell
Pages:	251
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-81386-0
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-108-81386-0
Barcode:	9781108813860

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