Did the Right Bloc of SCOTUS just overturn school integration?

[usregimechange]

:wow:

[MilesColtrane]

1. They'll call it choice.

So now it's easier for rich white parents to choose not to have their offspring rub elbows with dark, or poor children.

I call it resegregation- and so the Two Americas grow farther apart.

[usregimechange]

3. What the hell?

[kirby]

2. Yes they did!

After the rulings of the past few days, there should be no doubt that Bush's legacy will be his moving the SC to the right.

[chelsea0011]

4. Does Clarence Thomas think he is on the court by merit?

[mitchum]

24. If Thomas were a man of principle and conviction, he would go back to square one...

and start over. But, then again, if Thomas were a man of principle and conviction...

[sandnsea]

5. They overturned antitrust price setting

and 'stare decisis' at the same time, in my opinion.

Bad bad day for the American people. Too bad nobody is going to bother to tell them, because, well, it doesn't fit on a bumper sticker. :eyes:

[BlackHawk706867]

6. They didn't just try, they did it... This is one of the most disgusting days...

in the history of the SCOTUS IMO.... They just wiped out 40 some years with what can only be called a right wing decission...

ww

[usregimechange]

7. I haven't got to Kennedy's opinion as of yet...

[usregimechange]

10. And I edited my title because I trust you more than CNN.

[blondeatlast]

8. No--they reinforced "school choice." In answer to the question, yes, indeed they did,

but you won't hear it presented that way on the MSM.

[WinkyDink]

15. I thought NBC and Brian Williams did an excellent report on just what this means.

Stressed how Kennedy read his dissent from the bench for 20 minutes, a highly unusual move.

[blondeatlast]

18. I'll watch for that; thank you. I'm terrified this won't be treated with the

gravity it needs.

[Horse with no Name]

9. Yes.

This decision just guaranteed the destruction of public education.
It's what they always wanted.

[pinto]

11. Yes. As with a woman's right to choose, they are chipping at the precedents.

Apparently Justice Breyer was uncharacteristically pointed (in that venue) in his oral dissent:

"This is a decision the nation will come to regret."

"Rarely in the history of the law have so few undone so much for so many."

(from - CNN cable news reports)

And Justice Stevens had this to say:

In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens said the majority "reverses course and reaches the wrong conclusion. In doing so, it distorts precedent, it misapplies the relevant constitutional principles, it announces legal rules that will obstruct efforts by state and local governments to deal effectively with the growing resegregation of public schools, it threatens to substitute for present calm a disruptive round of race-related litigation."

(from)

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/28/scotus.race/index.html

[BlackHawk706867]

12. My serious fear here is that Justice Breyer will resign over this ruling! eom. ww.

[usregimechange]

14. I think he will stay on because of it and others - stevens will resign

when he turns to dust, but not until then.

[Poiuyt]

25. Exactly. These people are smart enough to know what Bush would do if another opening came up.

[ananda]

13. Insanity still rules.

I understand that Roberts .. ermm.. rewrote history
in his assessment of Brown v. Board of Education
and why it's obsolete.

It's so sad to have such idiots taking places that
should be so full of honor, truth, and gravitas.

[Horse with no Name]

16. They weren't chosen for honor, truth or gravitas

They were chosen to sling through the Bush agenda.
And they are. Right on schedule.

[BlackHawk706867]

19. But the real truth is that Roberts (no mater how you slice it) is a Republican...

And that behooves me as to why they put themselves before right vs wrong... That has to be anyone's guess.... There can be no logic in this decission...

ww

[rzemanfl]

17. Not entirely, the children of wealthy sucessful black parents can

continue to go to school with white kids.

[Penndems]

20. Overturned school integration and struck a blow against affirmative action

The right has been feverishly attempting to abolish the latter for quite some time.

[Solo_in_MD]

21. No

[usregimechange]

22. Is anyone else a tad POed?

[ramblin_dave]

23. This court is illegitimate anyway

Two of its members were appointed by a person illegitimately exercising the powers of the presidency.

[RPM]

26. yeah - so: that and $.50 gets you:

jack shit.

Have fun arguing the illegitimacy of the Court at your next trial date. :banghead: