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People For The American Way: Sharply Divided Supreme Court Strikes Down Voluntary School Integration Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 28, 2007
10:47 AM

CONTACT: People For The American Way 
Drew Courtney or Josh Glasstetter
202-467-4999 / media@pfaw.org

 
Sharply Divided Supreme Court Strikes Down Voluntary School Integration Program
 

WASHINGTON - JUNE 28 - In a 5-4 ruling, with Chief Justice Roberts writing the majority decision and Justice Kennedy joining in the judgment, the Supreme Court declared that desegregation programs voluntarily undertaken by two public school districts (Louisville and Seattle) are unconstitutional. People For the American Way Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the school districts in the case.

People For the American Way Foundation president Ralph G. Neas issued the following statement:

“This decision is a terrible blow for school districts trying to overcome our nation’s long legacy of segregation and take seriously the importance of diversity. Under the leadership of President Bush’s new justices, the Supreme Court is turning its back on the promise of Brown vs. Board of Education. We knew that the confirmation of Chief Justice Roberts and of Justice Alito would be a setback for civil rights, but it’s painful to watch years of progress undone so recklessly.”

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