Abstract
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is, I’m sure, tired of being identified as the jurist who holds the fate of constitutional law in her hands.
In this short essay, I’d like to unpack a few of the supposed idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies in Justice O’Connor’s jurisprudence of equality. Equal protection law is, of course, a huge topic, so I am going to narrow my focus to the most contentious area of equal protection, and the one where Justice O’Connor has made her most visible mark on legal doctrine—the area of race-based decisions undertaken by government.
In this short essay, I’d like to unpack a few of the supposed idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies in Justice O’Connor’s jurisprudence of equality. Equal protection law is, of course, a huge topic, so I am going to narrow my focus to the most contentious area of equal protection, and the one where Justice O’Connor has made her most visible mark on legal doctrine—the area of race-based decisions undertaken by government.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 823 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | McGeorge law review |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 2001 |