Senator Clinton: Supreme Court turned its back on ‘Brown v. Board of Education’

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: 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....

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/06/28/clinton-court-turned-its-back-on-brown-v-board/

[MadMaddie]

1. This is the worst ruling yet....and this is only the beginning folks...

The fact that Justice Thomas the lone black man on the court who was a child of the Jim Crow era voted for this is a sad milestone. He would not have received the education he did without the Desegregation laws.....He sure as hell would not be a Supreme Court Justice....

[emilyg]

3. Very sad.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Didn't She Refuse To Filibuster One Or Both New Justices? n/t

[nnn]

4. yeah

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