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Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education Print E-mail
2008 Legal Program - Equal Protection of the Laws

Supreme Court of the United States

The national ACLU Racial Justice Program, the ACLU of Kentucky, and the ACLU of Washington have submitted a joint amicus brief to the Supreme Court in this highly-publicized school integration case (and the Seattle companion case).  In it, we argue that school systems must be permitted to take race into account — as one of many factors governing school assignment — in their efforts to ensure a racially-diverse student body.

The ACLU of Kentucky also had filed friend of the court briefs in the lower federal courts, which upheld the Jefferson County plan.  Although the courts ended their supervision of Jefferson County’s mandatory desegregation plan several years ago, school officials elected to voluntarily continue it for most schools. This case involves an objection by a group of parents of white students who object to any use of race in making student assignments.  U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II approved of a narrow use of race as one factor among many in the current student assignment plan and the Sixth Circuit affirmed.  The Supreme Court heard oral argument in December and likely will issue its decision by the end of June. 

 
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