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Amendment XV (1870)
Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by
any state on account of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude.
Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate
legislation.
School Integration - Parents
Involved v. Seattle
from oppression.
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Parents Involved v.
Settle Community
School District
551 U.S. 701 (2007)
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C.J. Roberts
"racial classifications are simply too
pernicious to permit any but the
most exact connection between
justification and classification,"
Fullilove v. Klutznick, 448 U.S. 448,
537 (Stevens, J., dissenting)
The way to stop discrimination on
the basis of race is to stop
discriminating on the basis of race.
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Justice Kennedy
Parts of the opinion by The Chief
Justice imply an all-too-unyielding
insistence that race cannot be a
factor in instances when, in my view,
it may be taken into account.
The plurality opinion is too dismissive
of the legitimate interest government
has in ensuring all people have equal
opportunity regardless of their race.
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Involved v. Seattle
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Thomas, concurring
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Stevens, dissenting
The Court has changed significantly
since it decided School Comm. of
Boston in 1968. It was then more
faithful to Brown and more respectful
of our precedent than it is today. It is
my firm conviction that no Member
of the Court that I joined in 1975
School Integration - Parents
Involved v. Seattle
Stevens, dissenting
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Stevens, dissenting
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