Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6:24 AM
As written in The Washington Post article this week, Supreme Court to Review Two School-Integration Plans, "[m]ore than 50 years after the Supreme Court decided in Brown v. Board of Education that separate schools are inherently unequal, the court will consider...whether race can still be a factor when school systems design programs to promote racial integration. A broadly written decision on Louisville's plan, and on a related one from Seattle, could have a profound impact on school systems across the country" [see also from Post: Court Hears Cases on Schools and Race and School Boundaries, Money and Race].
The cases before the Court, Meredith v. Jefferson County and Parents Involved v. Seattle School District, have received wide coverage in the blawgosphere and beyond.
Here is a sampling:
Scotusblog offers Analysis: Schools' race experiments may be doomed, and court transcripts Today's Transcripts: 12/4/06 among other postings on the subjects.
Discriminations posts include Desegregation, “Diversity,” And The Meaning of Brown and Desegregation, “Diversity,” And The Meaning of Brown, Chapter 2
Roger Alford at Opinio Juris discusses Constitutional Comparativism and the Voluntary School Integration Cases
Amy Stuart Wells takes the pen at American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Blog: Guest Blogger: The Evidence is In on School Integration Efforts: Will the Supreme Court Listen?
Law Professor Eric Muller talks Race In School Assignments at Is That Legal?