The "Supreme Court declared Thursday that public school systems cannot seek to achieve or maintain integration through measures that take explicit account of a student's race." (New York Times, "Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration," Linda Greenhouse, 6/29/07)
5-4 decision
re: programs in Seattle & Louisville, KY
Majority: Chief Justice John G. Roberts
Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
Samuel Alito
Anthony Kennedy
Dissent: Stephen Breyer
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
David Souter
John Paul Stevens
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."
-Chief Justice John Roberts
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