School Integration Decision Predictable for Right-Leaning
Statement of NOW President Kim Gandy
This morning the U.S. Supreme Court split 5-4 in two cases regarding the use of racial classifications to prevent segregation of public schools in Louisville, Kentucky, and Seattle, Washington. The majority ruling struck down the voluntary plans designed to increase racial balance in those school districts.
What is most striking about today's plurality opinion by Chief Justice Roberts (joined by Alito, Thomas and Scalia) is how entirely predictable it was to those of us who vigorously protested his nomination to the Supreme Court. We repeatedly warned the U.S. Senate that Roberts' confirmation would pose a "palpable threat to women and people of color and disenfranchised groups everywhere," and that his "disdain for individual rights and liberties would characterize his term as chief justice, casting a long, dark shadow upon the High Court."
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