SCOTUScast 6-29-07 featuring Gail Heriot
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County
On June 28, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its decision on Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County cases. The Court was asked to consider the school districts' use of race in assigning students to schools. In this episode of SCOTUScast, Professor Gail Heriot of the University of San Diego School of Law offers her thoughts on the recent decision.
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Senior Scholar, Manhattan Institute; Professor of Law Emerita, University of San Diego
Gail Heriot is a Senior Scholar at the Manhattan Institute, a Professor of Law Emerita at the University of San Diego and the Chairman of the Board of the American Civil Rights Project. She served on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for 18 years. Her new book is entitled “Why We Walk on Eggshells: How Our Civil Rights Laws Stifle Our Public Discourse.”