Parents involved in community schools V. Seattle school district
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- The seattle school district attempted to take race into account as a tie breaker to decide which students got into the most popular private schools. In order to create a balance of races, whichever student was the race that would create a balance, was accepted. This student was not accepted due to his race and he believed this violated his 14th amendment rights
- This is so unfair. The fact that I didn't get into this school because I'm African American, is violating my equal protection clause!
- In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled the districts racial tiebreaker system as unconstitutional under the equal protection clause. This system targeted demographic goals rather than demonstrable educational values from racial diversity. The 14th amendment states No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens... , which is exactly what this system did.
- The supreme court and I have ruled the districts system as unconstitutional and race will no longer be taken into account with school admissions!
- Constitutional issue: The supreme court was deciding whether or not this rule violated the equal protection clause by denying students admissions to their chosen school because of race, in an effort to achieve a desired racial balance.
- This case is actually quite similar toPearson v. Murray and McLaurin V. Oklahoma given that they both deal with segregation in schools and violations of the equal protection clause!
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