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...Seattle and Louisville, Ky., violated the rights of students to be judged on individual merit even if the ruling means that many schools remain segregated by race and class. It was a sad decision, acknowledging the defeat of the ideals and aspirations of Little Rock and the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that made segregation illegal. But it should also be hailed for acknowledging new realities: first, even as we celebrate what happened 50 years ago in the glory days of the civil rights movement, the political will to integrate schools in this country is long gone...
...Bush v. Gore, the Court's 2000 election decision, a low point in the Court's history...
...think Bush v. Gore was a disgrace. It was so transparently political, so poorly reasoned, so inconsistent with the prior views of the Justices...
Since you bring up Roe v. Wade, what's its future...
...depends who wins the 2008 election. If a Republican wins the 2008 election, Roe v. Wade will be overturned. There is no doubt about that. If a Democrat wins, it will likely remain in force. I don't feel that I'm going out on much of a limb there. But I think that's appropriate. The Republican party has been on record opposing Roe for two decades, and they've appointed 11 of the last 13 Justices. By rights it probably should have been gone...