On the 50th Anniversary–some thoughts

We would like to think that we have made progress since it has been 50 years since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. However. I was reminded just how little progress we have really made a few weeks ago when the United States Supreme Court refused cert. in my case and returned justice in the south for minorities to the pre-1964 level.  Due process and the state and United States Constitutions and the Bill of Rights will no longer be enforced with respect to minorities. Warrantless searches of the home without probable cause or even a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed is okay if you are a minority or a woman.  Even service is not required for judgments if one is a Black woman. We no longer have any constitutional protection and the Supreme Court will no longer provide protection from lawlessness and oppression by state officials. This is what this ruling meant to me. We have not come as far as we think.  We are losing ground. The Earl Warren Court would never have tolerated this kind of conduct on the part of the prosecutor and the State.  The Roberts Court made it clear that it will close its eyes to all manner of corruption and abuse on the part of the State if the defendant is female, poor, Black or a minority. We have not made as much progress as we think. Nobody in America is protecting our rights anymore.