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CEO president Roger Clegg discusses the Seattle and Louisville race-based assignment cases before the Supreme Court (Video) This part of the Center for Equal Opportunity website is designed to be a resource for parents, local school officials, their lawyers, and others who believe that their schools are no longer segregated and that therefore the judicial oversight role should come to an end. We have included access to the following:
• A list obtained from the U.S. Department of Justice of all the cases in which it is involved in which desegregation orders are still in effect.
• A letter sent from CEO president Linda Chavez to every judge in those districts having schools on the Justice Department list, urging them to determine whether continued judicial supervision in each school system is appropriate.
• Two important federal statutes that bear on school desegregation, in both of which Congress has stated its general opposition to busing and racial balancing.
• Key judicial decisions and briefs.
• Links to top private and public-interest law firms that handle cases in this area as well as related organizations.
The Role of Res Judicata in Recognizing Unitary Status, Hugh Joseph Beard, Jr. Louisiana Law Review Vol. 49 No. 6 1989
School Desegregation Cases: The “Good Faith” Requirement, Charles L. Patin, Jr.and William M. Gordon, 159 Ed.Law Rep. [407] (Jan 31, 2002)
David J. Armor, Forced Justice: School Desegregation and the Law (Oxford University Press, 1996).