Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting [racial discrimination in public education] must yield" to the principle that discrimination is unconstitutional. Thus, in theory at least, the opinion knocked the props out from under the Southern and border states that require public school segregation by law-and likewise from under the school boards that claim they cannot desegregate because state law forbids...
...process of desegregation shall be supervised by federal district courts "because of their proximity to local conditions." These courts will be guided by "equitable principles" and take into account "the public interest" in making the big transition. Yet, "it should go without saying that the vitality of ... constitutional principles cannot be allowed to yield simply because of disagreement with them...
...courts should require school authorities to "make a prompt and reasonable start toward full compliance." Once such a start is made, the court may grant "additional time" if the school authorities can prove that they are hampered by problems of "administration, school plant, transportation, personnel, revision of school districts, local law and regulations...
...Seventh, the Commission may wish to recommend legislation that would establish within the Attorney General's office a special division, generously financed and liberally staffed, to assist local authorities in the long and expensive litigation that can be foreseen...
...past the Secret Service has insisted that presidential planes have at least four engines. But the practicality and convenience of a light plane for short trips was obvious. By car, the round trip to Gettysburg from Washington takes four hours, and the runways at the local airport will not accommodate the big four-engined Columbine. After months of study and testing, the Secret Service finally agreed to let Ike ride in a two-engined craft...