As prominent Democratic figures like Rep. Nancy Pelosi said long before the president’s sloppy power grab, terminating student debt requires an explicit act of Congress, not deliberate misreading of existing law.In another high-profile case, that of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, the court rejected the racist and discriminatory policy of affirmative action at institutions of higher learning.
“Many universities have for too long wrongly concluded that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned, but the color of their skin,” the court ruled. “This Nation’s constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.” Here, the court wisely rejects the practice of reducing people to their skin color in order to advantage or disadvantage others. This bizarre practice, advocated by so-called “progressives,” seeks to correct injustices by perpetuating injustice. The practice should never be tolerated in a society built upon the premise that all of us are created equal and entitled to equal protection under the law.