Big News: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear cases
on the use of race on student assignments in Louisville and Seattle.
The central issue is whether race can be used as a factor in assigning
students to particular schools, both as a tie-breaker to determine who
gets their particular choices in school assignments, and as a general
assignment factor in school attempts at desegregation.



Already, there is speculation that this may be the case that ends
affirmative action, as similar cases were not heard when Justice
O'Conner was on the bench. With Alito, the right-leaning group of
justices on the court may have the required number of votes to end
affirmative action generally, not just in K-12 schools. This could be a
major, major case in American history.



Obviously, there is going to be much more information to come...



Check out the SCOTUS blog here for a great entry.

And the AP story here.



The Louisville case: Meredith v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ.

The Seattle case: Parents Involved In Community Schools v. Seattle Sch. Dist.