From AP/MSNBC:

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected school diversity plans that take account of students’ race in two major public school districts.

The decision in cases affecting schools in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle could imperil similar plans in hundreds of districts nationwide, and it leaves public school systems with a limited arsenal to maintain racial diversity.

The court split, 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts announcing the court’s judgment. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a dissent that was joined by the court’s other three liberals.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote a concurring opinion in which he said race may be a […]

More than 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education was decided by the Supreme Court, school districts are still struggling with whether or not race or skin color should influence the decision of where children attend school. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this week on an affirmative action case involving a Seattle school district (Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1). Once and for all the Court should come down squarely in the camp that believes that there is no legal basis for using race to determine whether a child can or cannot attend a given school. […]