The U.S. Constitution Clarifies The Consequences Of Discrimination In The Fourteenth Amendment

US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) holds a book titled Critical Race Theory while speaking during the confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination to be an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2022. SAUL LOEB/JUSTFACTS

The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibited forms of discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause that included race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.

During a recent hearing of the United States Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson claimed that the Constitution doesn’t require government to act in a “race-neutral” manner. Instead, she declared that government is constitutionally authorized to make people “equal” by taking “race-conscious” actions.