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The Supreme Court ruled 53 years ago in Brown v. Board of Education that segregated education is inherently unequal, and it ordered the nation schools to integrate. Yesterday, the court switched sides and told two cities that they cannot take modest steps to bring public school students of different races together. It was a sad day for the court canadian goose jacket and for the Canada Goose Outlet ideal of racial equality.
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Justice Anthony Kennedy, who uk canada goose outlet provided the majority fifth vote, reined in the ruling somewhat by signing only part of the majority opinion and writing separately to underscore that some limited programs that take race into account are still acceptable. But it is unclear how much room his analysis will leave, in practice, for school canada goose factory sale districts to promote integration. His unwillingness to uphold Seattle and Louisville Canada Goose Parka relatively modest plans is certainly a discouraging sign.
In an eloquent dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer explained just how sharp a break the decision is with history. The right wing of the court also tossed aside two other principles they canada goose black friday sale claim to hold dear. So did their supposed opposition to «judicial activism.» This decision is the height of activism: federal judges relying on the Constitution to tell elected local officials what to do.
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There should be no mistaking just how radical this decision cheap canada goose uk is. In dissent, Justice John buy canada goose jacket cheap Paul Stevens said it was his «firm conviction that no Member of the Court that I joined in 1975 would have agreed with today decision.» He also noted the «cruel irony» of the court relying on Brown v. Board of Education while robbing that landmark ruling of much of its force and spirit. The citizens of Louisville and Canada Goose Coats On Sale Seattle, and the rest canada goose of the nation, can ponder the majority kind words about Brown as they get Canada Goose sale to work today making their schools, and their cities, more canada goose clearance sale segregated.