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Legal analysts and civil rights activists emphasized the need to protect the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in a panel at Harvard Law School (HLS) yesterday...
...panel, titled “Is Brown Still Relevant?”, took place only days before a major ruling by the Supreme Court—which is expected this Monday—on the methods public schools can use to achieve racial integration. {SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in two cases challenging the constitutionality of school desegregation programs. A ruling may not come for several months. The Nov. 30 news article "Panel: Race Still Relevant" incorrectly said that the ruling would come on Monday...
...Baker report, the fruit of a 10-member bipartisan panel created by Congress, sought - but failed to find - any silver bullet to reverse the slide in Iraq. Like many such efforts that subcontract the thinking that Americans expect to be done by their President and lawmakers, the panel appears set to recommend goals without specifying the tools to achieve them. It will declare that the U.S. military presence in Iraq not be open-ended while simultaneously refusing to set a timetable for its withdrawal. At the same time it will call - as has incoming defense chief Robert Gates...
...There is a growing sense in the capital that the Baker panel may be reporting too late to do any good. Indeed, hindsight suggests that "Too Little, Too Late" might be a more appropriate title for what the Pentagon christened Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lacking sufficient troops and armor to calm Iraq following the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, U.S. troops were unable to suppress the insurgency that has percolated for three years. Now, with the addition of Shi'ite and Sunni militias fighting for control of Baghdad, the U.S. military doesn't have the firepower, or, it seems...