The US Supreme Court today heard arguments from parents who don't like school integration programs in Louisville and Seattle. The case will produce latest reworking of Brown v. the Board of Education, the case that declared segregation unconstitutional in 1954. Although Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the unanimous decision that segregated schools are "inherently unequal," he didn't specify how the ruling should be implemented.
Will Supreme Court Shoot Down School Integration?
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- Dahlia Lithwick - Author; Senior legal affairs correspondent, Slate; podcast host, Amicus podcast - @@Dahlialithwick