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Subsequent to the District Courts dissolution of the desegregation order (in 2000) the board simply continued to implement its 1996 plan as modified to reflect the courts magnet school determination. Id., at 470. would support indefinite use of racial classifications, employed first to obtain the appropriate mixture of racial views and then to ensure that the [program] continues to reflect that mixture. 3, p.37 (Yet a holding that school segregation by race violates the Constitution will result in upheaval in all of those places not now subject to Federal judicial scrutiny. Laws arise from a culture and vice versa. The decision was a 5-4 split on the Court, with both sides claiming that their position was truest to the precedent set in Brown v. In this plurality opinion, Roberts wrote that the schools at issue contend that a racially diverse environment is beneficial for education and they submit this as the reason why they consider race alone in their school assignments. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. First, the race-conscious criteria at issue only help set the outer bounds of broad ranges. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell, 498 U. S. 237, 249250 (1991); Green v. School Bd. as Amici Curiae 29. 05915, at 46. 3, p. 76 (As time passes, it may well be that segregation will end), with post, at 19 ([T]hey use race-conscious criteria in limited and gradually diminishing ways); post, at 48 ([E]ach plans use of race-conscious elements is diminished compared to the use of race in preceding integration plans); post, at 55 (describing the historically-diminishing use of race in the school districts). [Footnote 13]. Although the matter was the subject of disagreement on the Court, see id., at 346347 (Scalia, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part); id., at 382383 (Rehnquist, C.J., dissenting); id., at 388392 (Kennedy, J., dissenting), the majority concluded that the law school did not count back from its applicant pool to arrive at the meaningful number it regarded as necessary to diversify its student body. See also C. Sumner, Equality Before the Law: Unconstitutionality of Separate Colored Schools in Massachusetts, in 2 The Works of Charles Sumner 327, 371 (1849) (The law contemplates not only that all be taught, but that all shall be taught together). Cf. http: //www.seattleschools.org/area/siso/disprof/2005/DP05 all.pdf. As we have held, one form of injury under the Equal Protection Clause is being forced to compete in a race-based system that may prejudice the plaintiff, Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peńa, 515 U. S. 200, 211 (1995); Northeastern Fla. Chapter, Associated Gen. In order to satisfy this searching standard of review, the school districts must demonstrate that the use of individual racial classifications in the assignment plans here under review is narrowly tailored to achieve a compelling government interest. See Regents of Univ. Grutter itself reiterated that outright racial balancing is patently unconstitutional. 539 U. S., at 330. [Footnote 7], When petitioner Crystal Meredith moved into the school district in August 2002, she sought to enroll her son, Joshua McDonald, in kindergarten for the 20022003 school year. The fact that it is possible that children of group members will not be denied admission to a school based on their racebecause they choose an undersubscribed school or an oversubscribed school in which their race is an advantagedoes not eliminate the injury claimed. United States v. Fordice, 505 U. S. 717, 749 (1992) (Thomas, J., concurring). First, the histories of Louisville and Seattle reveal complex circumstances and a long tradition of conscientious efforts by local school boards to resist racial segregation in public schools. of Cal. At a minimum, the pluralitys views would threaten a surge of race-based litigation. Even if the dicta from Swann were entitled to the weight the dissent would give it, and no dicta is, it not only did not address the question presented in Swann, it also does not address the question presented in these caseswhether the school districts use of racial classifications to achieve their stated goals is permissible. Before Brown, the most prominent example of an exemplary black school was Dunbar High School. 2d 1267 (1996). In Seattle, for example, in more than 80% of all cases, that choice alone determines which high schools Seattles ninth graders will attend. See Freeman v. Pitts, 503 U. S. 467, 494496 (1992). 1, 426 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir. As a consequence, this separate opinion is necessary to set forth my conclusions in the two cases before the Court. But that legal circumstance cannot make a critical difference here for two separate reasons. The diversity interest was not focused on race alone but encompassed all factors that may contribute to student body diversity. Id., at 337. are subject to strict scrutiny, not all are invalidated The racial breakdown of this nonwhite group is approximately 23.8 percent Asian-American, 23.1 percent African-American, 10.3 percent Latino, and 2.8 percent Native-American. Whether a school districts decision to admit a student to a desegregated high school based on that students race, in an effort to achieve a racial balance within the school and therefore foster diversity in the educational setting, violates that students Equal Protection rights given by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Seattle School Board challenged the constitutionality of the initiative. in No. local tax dollars will be spent. [Footnote 29] See post, at 2834, 6465. A longstanding and unbroken line of legal authority tells us that the Equal Protection Clause permits local school boards to use race-conscious criteria to achieve positive race-related goals, even when the Constitution does not compel it. Past allegations in another case provide no basis for resolving these cases. Second, Seattle noted that it has ceased using the racial tiebreaker pending the outcome of this litigation. In reality, it is far from apparent that coerced racial mixing has any educational benefits, much less that integration is necessary to black achievement. Justice Thomas recoils at the suggestion that black students can only learn if they are sitting next to white students. Croson, 488 U. S., at 504. See, e.g., Brief for Petitioners in Bolling v. Sharpe, O.T. 1952, No. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the District had a compelling state interest in achieving the benefits of racial diversity and that its plan was narrowly tailored. The latter approach would be informed by Grutter, though the criteria relevant to student placement would differ based on the students age, the parents needs, and the schools role. Indeed, the record before us suggests the contrary. Section 1. The U.S. Constitution in Article III 2 specifies the scope of matters on which the federal courts can issue decisions. In particular, they use race-conscious criteria only to mark the outer bounds of broad population-related ranges. The student could then choose among those schools, indicating a first choice, and other choices the student found acceptable. 1, 458 U. S. 457, 472, n.15 (1982), post, at 5657, but there this Court expressly noted that it was not passing on the propriety of race-conscious student assignments in the absence of a finding of de jure segregation. In both cities plaintiffs filed lawsuits claiming unconstitutional segregation. This is a decision that the Court and the Nation will come to regret. These plans are unnecessarily crude solutions to the problem of school segregation, which can be achieved through more indirect means. of Ed. In the 20002001 school year, for example, with the racial tiebreaker, the entering ninth grade class at Franklin High School had a 60% minority population; without the racial tiebreaker that same class at Franklin would have had an almost 80% minority population. [Footnote 28]. at 315 (opinion of Powell, J. Most white families live north of the downtown area where four high schools Ballard, Ingraham, Nathan Hale, and Roosevelt are located. The Chief Justice delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, IIIA, and IIIC, concluding: 1. in No. This sometimes leads to a disparity in resources and academic achievement between school districts. v. Rodriguez, 411 U. S. 1, 4950 (1973) (extolling local control for the opportunity it offers for participation in the decisionmaking process that determines how . The student population of the school district is approximately 40% white, 60% non-white. 1, 551 U.S. 701 (2007) Opinions Syllabus Opinion (Roberts) Concurrence (Thomas) Concurrence (Kennedy) Dissent (Breyer) Dissent (Stevens) Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations Annotation Primary Holding See 539 U. S., at 326. See, e.g., post, at 21, 4849, 66. In these cases two school districts in different parts of the country seek to teach that principle by having classrooms that reflect the racial makeup of the surrounding community. Five Supreme Court justices rejected voluntary desegregation plans in Seattle and . 10226e3(b) (1999). A non-profit group, Parents Involved in Community Schools (Parents), sued the District, arguing that the racial tiebreaker violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as well as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Washington state law. At the same time, the plan provided that a previous black school would remain about 50% black, while a previous white school would remain about two-thirds white. But if the plan was lawful when it was first adopted and if it was lawful the day before the District Court dissolved its order, how can the plurality now suggest that it became unlawful the following day? 5 Memorandum Opinion and Order, Haycraft v. Board of Ed. 26401 (1948). Hist. Justice Breyers reliance on McDaniel v. Barresi, 402 U. S. 39 (1971), post, at 2324, 2930, highlights how far removed the discussion in the dissent is from the question actually presented in these cases. Furthermore, it is unclear whether increased interracial contact improves racial attitudes and relations. Yet the Seattle public schools have not shown that they were ever segregated by law, and were not subject to court-ordered desegregation decrees. They further contend that the children who have yet to reach high school age fail to fulfill the first requirement because their potential injury is not imminent; they have not even applied yet and consequently any injury to them is purely hypothetical at this point. It defines the democratic element as an interest in producing an educational environment that reflects the pluralistic society in which our children will live. Post, at 39. Petitioners, an organization of Seattle parents (Parents Involved) and the mother of a Jefferson County student (Joshua), whose children were or could be assigned under the foregoing plans, filed these suits contending, inter alia, that allocating children to different public schools based solely on their race violates the Fourteenth Amendments equal protection guarantee. at 1171. A federal District Court dismissed the suit, upholding the tiebreaker. Evidence from the Segregated Schooling of African American Children, in Beyond Desegregation 209226 (M. Shujaa ed. It contains 34 countywide districts with central cities (the 11 Florida districts fit this description, plus Clark County, Nevada and others) and a small number of consolidated districts (New Castle County, Delaware and Jefferson County, Kentucky). Here, the context is one in which school districts seek to advance or to maintain racial integration in primary and secondary schools. as Amici Curiae in No. As I explained in Grutter, only those measures the State must take to provide a bulwark against anarchy or to prevent violence and a governments effort to remedy past discrimination for which it is responsible constitute compelling interests. 1 (2007), the Supreme Court ruled this plan unconstitutional under the 14th amendment. Importantly, it considered that issue only under rational-basis review, 39 Ill. 2d, at 600, 237 N.E. 2d, at 502 (The test of any legislative classification essentially is one of reasonableness), which even the dissent grudgingly recognizes is an improper standard for evaluating express racial classifications. . Whats your understanding of when a school suffers from racial isolation? The dissent asserts that racially balanced schools improve educational outcomes for black children. 3, p.1 ([T]he Court is asked to outlaw the fixed policies of the several States which are based on local social conditions well known to the respective legislatures); id., at 9 (For this purpose, Virginia history and present Virginia conditions are important); Tr. The districts past and current plans are not unique. By 1972, however, the Louisville School District remained highly segregated. Justia makes no guarantees or warranties that the annotations are accurate or reflect the current state of law, and no annotation is intended to be, nor should it be construed as, legal advice. 377 F.3d at 959. For instance, students who attend Franklin and Ballard will receive metro passes rather than bus service. 539 U. S., at 351352, 353. See, e.g., Part IB, supra. http://reportcard. Justice Breyer would not only put such extraordinary weight on admitted dicta, but relies on the statement for something it does not remotely say. 2002). Public Schools, 416 F.3d 513, 514 (2005) (McFarland II). Well, we want to have the schools that make up the percentage of students of the population). Level=School&orgLinkId=1061&yrs=; http://reportcard. Because Louisville could use race-based measures only as a remedy for past de jure segregation, it is not incoherent, post, at 56, to say that race-based decisionmaking was allowed to Louisville one daywhile it was still remedyingand forbidden to it the nextwhen remediation was finished. When the government classifies an individual by race, it must first define what it means to be of a race. of Oral Arg. But eventually a state court found that the mandatory busing was lawful. Although no such distinction is apparent in the Fourteenth Amendment, the dissent would constitutionalize todays faddish social theories that embrace that distinction. Regardless of the merit of Grutter, the compelling interest recognized in that case cannot support these plans. Id. Our established strict scrutiny test for racial classifications, however, insists on detailed examination, both as to ends and as to means. Adarand, supra, at 236 (emphasis added). See post, at 37. Justice Thomas suggests that it will be easy to identify de jure segregation because [i]n most cases, there either will or will not have been a state constitutional amendment, state statute, local ordinance, or local administrative policy explicitly requiring separation of the races. Ante, at 6, n.4 (concurring opinion). The district retained a racial tiebreaker for oversubscribed schools, which takes effect only if the schools minority or majority enrollment falls outside of a 30% range centered on the minority/majority population ratio within the district. [B]enign carries with it no independent meaning, but reflects only acceptance of the current generations conclusion that a politically acceptable burden, imposed on particular citizens on the basis of race, is reasonable. Metro Broadcasting, 497 U. S., at 609610 (OConnor, J., dissenting). Seattle argues that Parents Involved lacks standing because its current members claimed injuries are not imminent and are too speculative in that, even if the district maintains its current plan and reinstitutes the racial tiebreaker, those members will only be affected if their children seek to enroll in a high school that is oversubscribed and integration positive. See post, at 29. According to the dissent, integration involves an interest in setting right the consequences of prior conditions of segregation. Post, at 37. The districts here invoke the ultimate goal of those who filed Brown and subsequent cases to support their argument, but the argument of the plaintiff in Brown was that the Equal Protection Clause prevents states from according differential treatment to American children on the basis of their color or race, and that view prevailedthis Court ruled in its remedial opinion that Brown required school districts to achieve a system of determining admission to the public schools on a nonracial basis. Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U. S. 294, 300301 (emphasis added). The dissents characterization of Swann as recognizing that the Equal Protection Clause permits local school boards to use race-conscious criteria to achieve positive race-related goals isat besta dubious inference. Justice Breyer also tries to downplay the impact of the racial assignments by stating that in Seattle students can decide voluntarily to transfer to a preferred district high school (without any consideration of race-conscious criteria). Post, at 46. 515 U. S., at 125 (Thomas, J., concurring). Thus, more nonwhite students (107, 27, and 82, respectively) who selected one of these three schools as a top choice received placement at the school than would have been the case had race not been considered, and proximity been the next tiebreaker. Consequently, school boards seeking to remedy those societal problems with race-based measures in schools today would have no way to gauge the proper scope of the remedy. Synopsis of Rule of Law. org/area/equityandrace/whiteprivilegeconference.xml. [Footnote 8]. of Ed., 102 F.Supp. I shall apply the version of strict scrutiny that those cases embody. See Hallinan & Williams, Interracial Friendship Choices in Secondary Schools, 54 Am. The Chief Justice rejects the conclusion that the racial classifications at issue here should be viewed differently than others, because they do not impose burdens on one race alone and do not stigmatize or exclude. Why may the authorities not recognize the problem in candid fashion and solve it altogether through resort to direct assignments based on student racial classifications? of Oral Arg. 05915, P.12, n.13. That Swanns legal statement should find such broad acceptance is not surprising. See ante, at 4041 (plurality opinion); see also ante, at 26 (Thomas, J., concurring). This, in turn, could encourage policy-makers to be more accountable to families and implement policy that is innovative and responsive to local needs. The agreement required the board to implement what became known as the Seattle Plan.. The context here is one of racial limits that seek, not to keep the races apart, but to bring them together. In the immediate aftermath of Brown the Court addressed other instances where laws and practices enforced de jure segregation. The School District, however, argues that the plan was narrowly tailored to achieve the compelling interests of promoting diversity, eliminating harms of racial isolation, and providing equal access to popular schools. Adarand, 515 U. S., at 228229. The pluralitys position, I fear, would break that promise. Brief in Opposition in No. 7045 and 7291 (WD Ky., Sept. 24, 1985), p.3; Memorandum from Donald W. Ingwerson, Superintendent, to the Board of Education, Jefferson Cty. I join Part IIIC of the Courts opinion because I agree that in the context of these plans, the small number of assignments affected suggests that the schools could have achieved their stated ends through different means. See, e.g., post, at 1920. In doing so, it distorts precedent, it misapplies the relevant constitutional principles, it announces legal rules that will obstruct efforts by state and local governments to deal effectively with the growing resegregation of public schools, it threatens to substitute for present calm a disruptive round of race-related litigation, and it undermines Browns promise of integrated primary and secondary education that local communities have sought to make a reality. Bustop, addressing in the context of an emergency injunction application a busing plan imposed by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, is similarly unavailing. of Ed., 402 U. S., at 16far more heavily than the school districts themselves. It also determined that the actual case or controversy requirement was met despite the School Districts discontinuation of the use of race in high school admissions. See Plessy, 163 U. S., at 559 (Harlan, J., dissenting) (The white race deems itself to be the dominant race in this country. in No. I do not know of any opinion which buoyed Marshall more in his pre-Brown days ). Many proceeded under the now-rejected view that classifications seeking to benefit a disadvantaged racial group should be held to a lesser standard of review. See App. To do this as an educational policy is within the broad discretionary powers of school authorities. 402 U. S., at 16. in No. Approximately 307 student assignments were affected by the racial tiebreaker in 20002001; the district was able to track the enrollment status of 293 of these students. To use race in this way is not to set a forbidden quota. See id., at 335 (Properly understood, a quota is a program in which a certain fixed number or proportion of opportunities are reserved exclusively for certain minority groups (quoting Croson, 488 U. S., at 496)). Yesterday, the citizens of this Nation could look for guidance to this Courts unanimous pronouncements concerning desegregation. Croson, supra, at 505; Wygant, supra, at 279, n.5 (plurality opinion). An interest linked to nothing other than proportional representation of various races would support indefinite use of racial classifications, employed first to obtain the appropriate mixture of racial views and then to ensure that the [program] continues to reflect that mixture. Metro Broadcasting, supra, at 614 (OConnor, J., dissenting). McFarland I, 330 F.Supp. In making an assignment to a particular high school, the district would give first preference to a student with a sibling already at the school. The decision was a 5-4 split on the Court, with both sides claiming that their position was truest to the precedent set in Brown v. Board of Education (1954). [S]chool districts themselves retain a state-law obligation to take reasonably feasible steps to desegregate, and they remain free to adopt reassignment and busing plans to effectuate desegregation (emphasis added)); School Comm. "[27], Part III C[14] addressed the school districts' claim that "the way in which they have employed individual racial classifications is necessary to achieve their stated ends." Public Schools, 330 F.Supp. of New Kent Cty., 391 U. S. 430, 435 (1968) ([T]he State, acting through the local school board and school officials, organized and operated a dual system, part white and part Negro. It was such dual systems that 14 years ago Brown I[, 347 U. S. 483,] held unconstitutional and a year later Brown II[, 349 U. S. 294 (1955)] held must be abolished). The majority suggests that Seattles classification system could permit a school to be labeled diverse with a 50% Asian-American and 50% white student body, and no African-American students, Hispanic students, or students of other ethnicity. The point of the narrow tailoring analysis in which the Grutter Court engaged was to ensure that the use of racial classifications was indeed part of a broader assessment of diversity, and not simply an effort to achieve racial balance, which the Court explained would be patently unconstitutional. Id., at 330. In Louisville, Kentucky, the Jefferson County Public Schools voluntarily implemented a system of student assignments that set quota percentages for African-American students in each school. 6. Voluntary cessation does not moot a case or controversy unless 'subsequent events ma[ke] it absolutely clear that the allegedly wrongful behavior could not reasonably be expected to recur,'", First, "remedying the effects of past intentional discrimination.". See, e.g., Brief for Appellees on Reargument in Davis v. County School Board, O.T. 1953, No. Yet neither of those briefs contains specific details like the magnitude of the claimed positive effects or the precise demographic mix at which those positive effects begin to be realized. past cases have est. students in Primary 1); see also Stipulation of Facts in No. Id., at 38a. Electoral district lines are facially race neutral so a more searching inquiry is necessary before strict scrutiny can be found applicable in redistricting cases than in cases of classifications based explicitly on race (quoting Adarand, 515 U. S., at 213)). By the dissents account, improvements in racial attitudes depend upon the increased contact between black and white students thought to occur in more racially balanced schools. Observers claim that the Supreme Court's decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. They resemble other plans, promulgated by hundreds of local school boards, which have attempted a variety of desegregation methods that have evolved over time in light of experience. Two additional precedents more directly related to the plans here at issue reinforce my conclusion. See, e.g., Brief for Respondents in No. Opponents brought a lawsuit. Seattle and Louisville are two such districts, and the histories of their present plans set forth typical school integration stories. Ante, at 1718. See also Parents Involved VII, 426 F.3d, at 1194 (Kozinski, J., concurring); Strauss, Discriminatory Intent and the Taming of Brown, 56 U. Chi. . 1, p. 51 (The delicate nature of the problem of segregation and the paramount interest of the State of Kansas in preserving the internal peace and tranquility of its people indicates that this is a question which can best be solved on the local level, at least until Congress declares otherwise). Few black residents lived outside the central section of the city. As McDaniel and Harris show, that is historically untrue. See App. Petitioner Crystal Meredith challenges the districts decision to deny her son Joshua McDonald a requested transfer for his kindergarten enrollment. Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. Third, the manner in which the school boards developed these plans itself reflects narrow tailoring. Each plan was devised to overcome a history of segregated public schools. in No. Chief Justice Roberts announced the judgment of the Court, and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, IIIA, and IIIC, and an opinion with respect to Parts IIIB and IV, in which Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito join. See, e.g., S. Carter, No Excuses: Lessons from 21 High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools 4950, 5356, 7173, 8184, 8788 (2001); A. Thernstrom & S. Thernstrom, No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning 4364 (2003); see also L. Izumi, They Have Overcome: High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools in California (2002) (chronicling exemplary achievement in predominantly Hispanic schools in California). See Chevron U. S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U. S. 837, 845 (1984). 4, pp. In 2000, for example, Roosevelt was the most popular first choice high school in Seattle; in 2001, Ballard was the most popular; in 2000, West Seattle was one of the least popular; by 2003, it was one of the more popular. If a school has reached the extremes of the racial guidelines, a student whose race would contribute to the schools racial imbalance will not be assigned there. When determining where to place a child or where to transfer a child both school districts use race as the qualifying factor on where to send the child. The remedy, though, was limited in time and limited to the wrong. area/siso/disprof/2005/DP05all.pdf; Brief for Respond- And it was that position that prevailed in this Court, which emphasized in its remedial opinion that what was [a]t stake is the personal interest of the plaintiffs in admission to public schools as soon as practicable on a nondiscriminatory basis, and what was required was determining admission to the public schools on a nonracial basis. Brown II, supra, at 300301 (emphasis added). Swann, evaluating a school district engaged in court-ordered desegregation, had no occasion to consider whether a districts voluntary adoption of race-based assignments in the absence of a finding of prior de jure segregation was constitutionally permissible, an issue that was again expressly reserved in Washington v. Seattle School Dist. The Court should leave them to their work. In the Justice's 77-page written opinion he called the ruling a "radical" step away from established law that would take from communities a critical tool used for many years in the prevention of resegregation. One will search Grutter in vain for similarly persuasive evidence of narrow tailoring as the school districts have presented here.

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