Eventually, Marshall and others would help convince the court to embrace Harlan’s view that “in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior dominant, ruling class of citizens…In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law.” It is true that the Supreme Court’s right-wing justices will still have a 6-3 majority after our new Justice joins the Court. But numbers don’t tell the story. Her presence is not the only way she can and will make history.
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