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Going crazy with this administration. Mother of four daughters. Animals are important to my sanity
Going crazy with this administration. Mother of four daughters. Animals are important to my sanity
![Consider Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. v. The School Committee, 604 U. S. ___ (2024).
In that case, the Boston School Committee implemented an
admissions policy to reduce the number of white and Asian
students at their elite exam schools. The committee made
its racist intent clear. One member said that she was
“‘[s]ick of . . . whites,’” while another mocked the names of
Asian students after forgetting to mute himself on a Zoom
hearing. Id., at ___ (ALITO, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari) (slip op., at 2). Despite this clearly unconstitutional
race discrimination, the First Circuit ruled against parents
who had challenged the affirmative-action policy. And, in
a near-identical case, the Fourth Circuit did the same. Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, 601 U. S. ___
(2024). Yet, even when presented with multiple opportunities to vindicate the rights of families to pursue education
for their children on color-blind terms, this Court “refused
to correct a glaring constitutional error.” Boston Parent Coalition, 604 U. S., at ___ (ALITO, J., dissenting) (slip op., at
5); see also Coalition for TJ, 601 U. S., at ___–___ (same)
(slip op., at 9–10).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreid36qcgy4u2zhwbwx6xlapgvghpxdu243tqfyk3fxt3gwte7chiae)
