Copyright (c) 2008 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/cedric_powell Recent documents in Cedric M. Powell en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:48:42 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/cedric_powell/1 http://works.bepress.com/cedric_powell/1 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:50:13 PST My article is a forward-looking, historical piece that offers a critique of colorblind constitutionalism through an examination of the Court's race jurisprudence. Justice O'Connor's affirmative action decisions serve as a model for a critique of neutrality and inversion--the doctrinal technique of turning substantive concepts inside out in the name of neutrality only to preserve systemic oppression--the Court has dramatically reinterpreted the Fourteenth Amendment. This article critiques this doctrinal development through an in depth analysis of the themes underlying Justice O'Connor's race jurisprudence and Justice Thomas's rhetorical use of historical revisionism. This article will serve as a conceptual link between the race jurisprudence of the Rehnquist Court and the emerging conservative racial jurisprudence of the Roberts Court. Cedric M. Powell Constitutional Law