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Conservative Conversations with ISI
Jesse Merriam on the Antiracist Constitution, the Wages of Brown v. Board, and the Future of Affirmative Action
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Intercollegiate Studies Institute
In this episode:
- Jesse Merriam, professor of constitutional studies at Patrick Henry College, joins the podcast to talk about how we got our antiracist Constitution
- how Brown v. Board’s jurisprudence unleashed a diversity regime that has usurped the written Constitution and the principles of a free society
- what we can expect for the future of affirmative action in light of the recent Supreme Court decisions challenging affirmative action
Texts Mentioned:
- How We Got our Antiracist Constitution by Jesse Merriam
- Brown v. Board of Education
- We The PeopleThree Volume Trilogy by Bruce Ackerman
- Government by Judiciary by Raoul Berger
- The Warren Revolutionby L. Brent Bozell, Jr.
- “Originalism and the Desegregation Decisions” by Michael McConnell
- “The Originalist Case for Brown v. Board of Education” by Michael McConnell
- “The Original Intent—As Perceived by Michael McConnell” by Raoul Berger
- Thomas Jefferson to Henri Gregoire, February 25, 1809
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- “The Affirmative Action Regime” by Jesse Merriam
- Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard
- Grutter v. Bollinger
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