Color-blind Constitution
Constitutional colorblindness is a legal and philosophical principle suggesting that the Constitution of the United States, particularly the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 14th Amendment, should be interpreted as prohibiting the government from considering race in its laws, policies, or decisions. According to this doctrine, any use of Race (human categorization), racial classifications, whether intended to benefit or disadvantage certain groups, is viewed as inherently discriminatory and thus unconstitutional. Historical development The concept of constitutional colorblindness can be traced back to John Marshall Harlan, Justice John Marshall Harlan's dissent in the Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court's decision in ''Plessy v. Ferguson'' (1896), which upheld Racial segregation in the United States, racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine. Harlan wrote, Although his dissent did not prevail a ...
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Constitution Of The United States
The Constitution of the United States is the Supremacy Clause, supreme law of the United States, United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the Federal government of the United States, federal government. The Constitution's first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, in which the federal government is divided into three branches: the United States Congress, legislative, consisting of the bicameralism, bicameral Congress (Article One of the United States Constitution, Article I); the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive, consisting of the President of the United States, president and subordinate officers (Article Two of the United States Constitution, Article II); and the Federal judiciary of the United States, judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court of the Unit ...
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