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I'm not sure the alienation of minorities is going to play well in 08 for the presidents gang of five on SCOTUS....Hillary had to say about it....
this is going to stick like glue to the repub candidates during the national conventions.... the Dem candidates will most assuredly harp on this one as a means of highlighting the different parties approaches to minority concerns....
Source... CNN.com
June 28, 2007
Clinton: Court turned its back on ‘Brown v. Board’
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was quick to criticize a Supreme Court Ruling Thursday that calls for limiting the use of race in when assigning students to public schools, saying the “Court turned its back on the promise of Brown vs. Board of Education.”
The New York senator was referring to the landmark 1954 Supreme Court Ruling that called for the desegregation of public schools.
“At a time when our nation’s schools are increasingly resegregating, we should be championing local efforts to pursue integration and reduce racial inequities in schools,” Clinton said in a statement.”
“These decisions take away the right of local communities to ensure that all students benefit from racially diverse classrooms,” she added. “Recent evidence shows that integrated schools promote minority academic achievement, and can help close the achievement gap.”
On Thursday, The Supreme Court struck down public school choice plans in Seattle and Louisville, concluding they relied on an unconstitutional use of racial criteria, in a sharply worded pair of cases reflecting the deep legal and social divide over the issue of skin color and education.
A conservative majority, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, said other means besides race considerations should be used to achieve diversity in schools.
this is going to stick like glue to the repub candidates during the national conventions.... the Dem candidates will most assuredly harp on this one as a means of highlighting the different parties approaches to minority concerns....
Source... CNN.com
June 28, 2007
Clinton: Court turned its back on ‘Brown v. Board’
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was quick to criticize a Supreme Court Ruling Thursday that calls for limiting the use of race in when assigning students to public schools, saying the “Court turned its back on the promise of Brown vs. Board of Education.”
The New York senator was referring to the landmark 1954 Supreme Court Ruling that called for the desegregation of public schools.
“At a time when our nation’s schools are increasingly resegregating, we should be championing local efforts to pursue integration and reduce racial inequities in schools,” Clinton said in a statement.”
“These decisions take away the right of local communities to ensure that all students benefit from racially diverse classrooms,” she added. “Recent evidence shows that integrated schools promote minority academic achievement, and can help close the achievement gap.”
On Thursday, The Supreme Court struck down public school choice plans in Seattle and Louisville, concluding they relied on an unconstitutional use of racial criteria, in a sharply worded pair of cases reflecting the deep legal and social divide over the issue of skin color and education.
A conservative majority, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, said other means besides race considerations should be used to achieve diversity in schools.
– CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
