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[shinybolt]

In 1954, Brown v. Board of Ed declared segregation unconstitutional.  Yesterday, the Supreme Court declared integration unconstitutional.  Orwellian?  At best. 
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race," said Chief Justice Roberts.  That's nice, Justice Roberts, but how do you then explain

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[atthesametime]

I haven't read any of the opinions yet, but off the top of my head, I'd say he thought the way Louisville and Seattle went about integration was wrongheaded. Seattle's program, from what I understand, is especially weird (don't hate me!) since (if I remember right) it only applies to some of the schools in the system and decides when to send someone to a different school in odd ways.

Sorry I am being unclear here, but I don't have any of the particulars in front of me...

[atthesametime]

also, from a purely legal perspective, Kennedy (the fucker) joined in the outcome of the decision (invalidating the programs) while not joining in the reasoning of the rest of the majority, which means that maybe if other school baords adopt a program kennedy likes, they'll get authorized by SCOTUS. Until, of course, the makeup of the court changes.

Does that make sense?

[shinybolt]

That's what I was looking for. So schools could adopt some of his suggestions, such as redrawing school juristictions, etc. and be authorized. And yeah, right, until they change their minds again.

[atthesametime]

yeah, theoretically... but by the time this gets back to the supreme court, who knows who'll be on it...