THE CANCER HAS BEEN GROWING FOR A LONG TIME: RealClearInvestigations: The Moment in 1986 When Critical Race Theory Ousted the Civil Rights Movement.

Back when I was in law school, Chief Justice Richard Neely of the West Virginia Supreme Court — probably the most famous state Supreme Court judge of that era — asked me to explain Critical Legal Studies, from which Critical Race Theory grew. When I did, he responded “I thought that shit died with Marcuse.” If only!