Trump v. Barbara · ¶408
This Court has time and again denied Americans that promise. Shortly after the Amendment was ratified, this Court deprived black citizens of the right to peaceably assemble and to keep and bear arms. See United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 542 (1876); see McDonald, 561 U. S., at 808–809 (THOMAS, J., concurring in part and concurring in judgment). A little later, in Plessy, the Court upheld the subjugation of black citizens in the form of state-coerced racial segregation. 163 U. S. 537. When it had an opportunity to correct that profound error, it did so narrowly. See Brown v. Bd. of Ed., 347 U. S. 483, 494, and n. 11 (1954). It then used that very decision to justify busing American children to different schools based on their race. See Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Ed., 402 U. S. 1 (1971). And, until recently, this Court continued to selectively enforce our colorblind…Read in context ›
slip opinion, revised 7/01/26
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