#Racist #AntiDemocratic
"In yet another private letter located in Stewart’s papers at #Yale, #Powell left little doubt as to who would not be elected. “Apart from my interest in having ‘my side’ prevail in a case, I view this case as crucial to the successful governance of our cities,” Powell wrote to Stewart. “If a decision by this Court required wards, and that they be shaped to assure proportional representation of identifiable ‘political groups,’ our cities could become jungles.” That shocking, racially charged language is a stark reminder of the kind of power Powell confidently wielded from the bench—and the kind of backlash politics he was urging on the chief funders of the conservative movement just prior to his elevation to the high court. It says everything about the success of Powell’s campaign to reimagine right-wing political combat in America that he drafted it on #SupremeCourt letterhead to the attention of another #justice."
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/john-roberts-supreme-court-racist-lewis-powell-memo.html