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    • US Supreme Court rules school districts cannot consider race in integration plans

      Posted by Sandyenglish

      On Thursday, the last court session before its traditional summer recess, the Supreme Court struck down school integration plans in Seattle, Washington and Louisville, Kentucky, ruling for the first time that local school officials cannot constitutionally consider the race of their students when implementing plans to maintain racial balance among public schools within their districts. The court reversed lower court rulings that had upheld the integration plans.

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    • Scalia Denies GOP's Last Stab At Dropping DeLay From Ballot

      Posted by Billbar

      The Texas Republican Party has lost its final attempt to have Tom DeLay declared ineligible to run for the congressional seat he held for more than 20 years. Justice Scalia’s denial of the GOP application appears to have closed the door on any chance the Republicans had to find a replacement candidate for DeLay.

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      Photographer: Herald got it right

      Posted by Billbar from Boston Herald

      Despite Scalia’s insistence that the Sicilian gesture was not offensive and had been incorrectly characterized by the Herald as obscene, the photographer said the newspaper “got the story right.”

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      Scalia's Recusal Sought in Key Detainee Case

      Posted by Billbar from Washington Post

      On the eve of oral argument in a key Supreme Court case on the rights of alleged terrorists, a group of retired U.S. generals and admirals has asked Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself, arguing that his recent public comments on the subject make it impossible for him to appear impartial.

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    Scalia Denies GOP's Last Stab At Dropping DeLay From Ballot

    Should make a Democratic win MUCH easier

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    4:08 pm 8/07/06
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