In a dissenting opinion, Alito takes a potshot at Bush’s signature racial justice program.
The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will not hear Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, a lawsuit attacking a school admissions program that was considered a cutting-edge conservative idea a quarter century ago — and whose most prominent champion was Republican former President George W. Bush.
Two justices dissented, with Justice Samuel Alito writing an angry opinion attacking a school admissions policy that closely mirrors Bush’s signature racial justice program.
In the late 1990s, when Bush was governor of Texas, he signed legislation creating that state’s “top 10 percent” law for university admissions. As the name implies, Bush’s law guaranteed that Texas high school students who graduated in the top 10 percent of their class would be admitted to state-run universities. The program is still in effect, although the state’s flagship school, the University of Texas at Austin, only accepts the top 6 percent or so of students due to increased applications.
They loved Rock Hudson until he got AIDS and publicly addressed his homosexuality. From stories of Hollywood at the time, I’m sure Ronald Reagan was most upset to find out that he used to suck off a gay dude instead of just two straight buddies blowing each other.
You know that and I know that, but do we have to let them know that?
I mean I wouldn’t be surprised if Ron and Nancy used the N-word in private all the time too. And if they didn’t, they certainly had friends who did and they were fine with it.
I highly doubt they only did it in private.
Probably not. I just don’t know of anything picked up on a microphone.
You n me, FlyingSquid. We’re starting a band called Ronnie’s N-word and DJ Hot Mike.
I’m down for that!
Worse: Reagan has a lot of gay friends but abandoned them when he wanted to become governor of CA. He literally cut people out of his life over his politics, which is the sort of thinking that has lead us to where we are today.
Pretty sure I remember hearing he was informing on everyone in Hollywood when he was head of the screen actors Guild
I was under the impression that it was more of a communism thing than a gay thing.
At the time they thought those were the same thing