Race, Originalism, and Affirmative Action
Watch SLS Professor Michael McConnell and UVA Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui in conversation, moderated by SLS Professor Ralph Richard Banks, as they consider the role of history and the original meaning of the Constitution in deciding contested questions of constitutional interpretation with respect to race. Speakers will examine claims about how history does and should bear on the constitutionality of race-based affirmative action in contemporary society. Sponsored by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center and the Stanford Center for Racial Justice.
Watch SLS Professor Michael McConnell and UVA Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui in conversation, moderated by SLS Professor Ralph Richard Banks, as they consider the role of history and the original meaning of the Constitution in deciding contested questions of constitutional interpretation with respect to race. Speakers will examine claims about how history does and should bear on the constitutionality of race-based affirmative action in contemporary society. Sponsored by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center and the Stanford Center for Racial Justice.