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Antonin Scalia: 14th Amendment Protects Everyone, Not 'Only The Blacks'

Scalia: 14th Amendment Protects Everyone, Not 'Only The Blacks'
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During oral arguments on an affirmative action case on Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said the 14th Amendment protects everyone, not "only the blacks."

The quote was tweeted by the New York Times' David Leonhardt:

The high court debated Tuesday whether voters can ban affirmative action programs through a referendum. The case is centered around a 2006 Michigan vote that approved a ballot initiative amending the state's constitution to ban affirmative action programs in higher education.

Scalia has brought race into previous arguments. In February 2013, Scalia suggested that the continuation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act represented the "perpetuation of racial entitlement," saying that lawmakers had only voted to renew the act in 2006 because there wasn't anything to be gained politically from voting against it.

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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia makes gestures as he speaks at the Northern Virginia Technology Council's (NVTC) Titans breakfast gathering in McLean, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (credit:AP)
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks as part of a lecture series at Tufts University, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Medford, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) (credit:AP)
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In this Oct. 18, 2011 file photo, U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia looks into the balcony before addressing the Chicago-Kent College Law justice in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) (credit:AP)
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks during a ceremony naming a courtroom at The John Marshall Law School after former Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (credit:AP)
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In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia smiles during a college address in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) (credit:AP)
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is interviewed by The Associated Press, Thursday, July 26, 2012, at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) (credit:AP)
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In this Oct. 6, 2011 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia participates at the third annual Washington Ideas Forum at the Newseum in Washington. One never knows when the Supreme Court will hand down its last, often biggest, opinions of the term. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (credit:AP)
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia participates at the third annual Washington Ideas Forum at the Newseum in Washington Thursday Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (credit:AP)
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing; "Considering the Role of Judges Under the Constitution of the United States." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (credit:AP)
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In this Sept. 29, 2009, Justice Antonin Scalia sits for a new group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (credit:AP)
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing; "Considering the Role of Judges Under the Constitution of the United States." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci (credit:AP)
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks as part of a lecture series at Tufts University, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Medford, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) (credit:AP)
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