colorblind

1. Unable to distinguish certain colors. Humans who are colorblind usually cannot distinguish red from green. Many animals, including cats and dogs, are colorblind and unable to distinguish more than a few colors.

Example Sentences

That the court would even ask the question has left many worried that it may be about to gut Section 2 of the VRA—a nationwide prohibition on laws that result in a denial of equal political opportunity—based on an ahistorical, colorblind reading of the Constitution.

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And Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurrence drove the nail in the coffin, insisting that the Constitution is and always has been colorblind, tolerating no racial distinctions even if they are designed to remediate decades of racial subordination.

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I mean, it was an earthquake in higher education, for sure, but compared to what we’re seeing now and rooted back in the kind of colorblind reasoning in SFFA, everything is absolutely seismic.

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With those words, the court’s conservative majority announced a “colorblind Constitution”—one that rendered race-conscious remedies presumptively unconstitutional.

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Back in 1896, Harlan wrote: “The Constitution is colorblind.”

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