Supreme Court Slams School Integration -- Senate Kills Immigration Reform
In a widely anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today dealt a body blow to public school integration. Two community plans, one in Seattle and one in Louisville, both used race as a factor in assigning students to some schools as a tool for maintaining integration of their schools. A majority of the Supreme Court decided that schools, however much done in good faith, cannot use race consciousness to achieve integration, even if people know that ignoring race will lead to more racial segregation. NATHAN NEWMAN reports from TPM CAFE. MARK SHERMAN has more from the AP.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate, bowing to pressure from restrictionist pressure groups, has defintively killed off any chance of comprehensive immigration reform -- for this year as well as for next. MICHAEL SANDLER reports from Congressional Quarterly. IJJ Fellow DAN KOWALSKI has a good round-up on his Bender's Immigration Bulletin daily update.