Full Description
By re-writing US Supreme Court opinions that implicate critical dimensions of racial justice, Critical Race Judgments demonstrates that it's possible to be judge and a critical race theorist. Specific issues covered in these cases include the death penalty, employment, voting, policing, education, the environment, justice, housing, immigration, sexual orientation, segregation, and mass incarceration. While some rewritten cases - Plessy v. Ferguson (which constitutionalized Jim Crow) and Korematsu v. United States (which constitutionalized internment) - originally focused on race, many of the rewritten opinions - Lawrence v. Texas (which constitutionalized sodomy laws) and Roe v. Wade (which constitutionalized a woman's right to choose) - are used to incorporate racial justice principles in novel and important ways. This work is essential for everyone who needs to understand why critical race theory must be deployed in constitutional law to uphold and advance racial justice principles that are foundational to US democracy.
Contents
Introduction: Brown v. Board of education Derrick Bell; Part I. Membership and Inclusion: Arizona v. United States Kevin Johnson; Chae Chan Ping v. United States Rose Cuizon Villazor; Plessy v. Ferguson Trina Jones; Korematsu v. United States Robert Chang; The Slaughter-House cases Francisco Valdez; Terry v. Ohio Paul Butler; Rogers v. American airlines Wendy Greene; Part II. Participation and Access: Shaw v. Reno Guy Charles and has Luis Fuentes-Rohwer; Rice v. Cayetano Addie Rolnick; Milliken v. Bradley Michelle Adams; Gong Lum v. Rice Reginald Oh; Regents of the university of california v. Bakke Luke Charles Harris; Parents involved v. seattle school district no. 1 Charles Lawrence; Part III. Property and Space: Dred Scott v. Sandford Cheryl Harris; Virginia v. Black Mari Matsuda; Palmer v. Thompson Elise Boddie; Griggs v. Duke Power Co. Angela Onwuachi-Willig and David Simson; Washington v. Davis Kimberlé Crewnshaw; Katz v. United States Bennett Capers; Illinois v. Wardlow L. Song Richardson; Part IV. Intimate choice and autonomy: Loving v. Virginia Peggy Cooper Davis; Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl Matthew Fletcher; Reno v. Flores Jennifer Chacón; Lawrence v. Texas Russell Robinson; Moore v. City of East Cleveland Robin Lenhardt; Buck v. Bell Dorothy Roberts; Roe v. Wade Melissa Murray; Part V. Justice: United States v. Cruikshank Pratheepan Gulasekaram; McCleskey v. Kemp Mario Barnes; Whren v. United States Devon Carbado and Jonathan Feingold; Richardson v. Ramirez Janai Nelson; Bean v. Southwestern waste management corp Sheila Foster; Barlow v. Collins Angela P. Harris; Muller v. Oregon Khiara Bridges; Williams v. Walker-Thomas furniture Co. Emily Hough; San Antonio Independent school district v. Rodriguez Rachel Moran.
