Like it or not — and lots of people on the right and left don’t like it — the Supreme Court bumped the country into the 21st century with its affirmative action, voting rights and gay marriage decisions. Conservatives detest the court’s moving the country toward “marriage equality” for same-sex couples and liberals condemn it for ending federal supervision of voting laws in the South and limiting racial preferences in university admissions. Both sets of decisions are steps out of the past and into the future — but just steps, not leaps. The court is nudging the country in the right direction, not shoving it. (more…)
