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[–] [S] 79 points 1 year ago* (10 children)

The 6-3 decision of the conservative-majority court allows agents to stops suspects based solely on their race, language or job, while a legal challenge to the recent immigration sweeps in LA works its way through the courts.

WOW. US has gone complete NAZI. WOW. This reverses 200 years of progress in human civilization.
The headline does NOT do justice to the implications. It puts into law that some people have LESS RIGHTS than others if they are NOT WHITE.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Umm... I'm not sure how long you've studied US History but non white have always had less rights. Just not always written explicitly so.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Yup. Originally, Irish and Italian immigrants weren't white. Syrians and Arabs have always been white though, because as they argued in court, if they weren't white, neither was Jesus. So that case ended quickly.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    First off I absolutely disagree with the decision 100%, but that's not exactly what it said. What it said was that race could be taken into account among other things like location, employment type, etc. The result is the same of course, people being disappeared off the street for being brown. I just don't like dishonest reporting.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    This is also only an interim decision that only officially applies to operations in Los Angeles for the duration of that litigation and further appeals (e.g. 1-2 years). There was no opinion or explanation on how this ruling comports with existing 4A and 5A case law.

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