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ACLU Expresses Mixed Feelings About Supreme Court Decision in School Desegregation Cases Print E-mail
Thursday, June 28, 2007, 5:20 pm

WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union expressed both relief and concern after the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling today in two school desegregation cases, including one in Louisville.

The decision rejected voluntary integration plans in Seattle, Washington and Louisville, Kentucky that were designed to address racial segregation in the schools by allowing consideration of a student's race in making school assignments. The decision did not, however, signal the end of voluntary integration plans across the country.

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Ban on Abortion Methods Print E-mail
Monday, June 4, 2007, 2:46 pm

Ruling Undermines Women’s Health and Equality

May 2007

On April 18, 2007, the United States Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to women’s health, reproductive rights, and equality.  In a 5-4 decision that puts politics before women’s health, the Court upheld the first-ever federal ban on abortion methods – called by its sponsors the “Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.”

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