Supreme Court restricts voluntary school integration plans

The Supreme Court rules in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 on June 28, 2007, limiting voluntary school integration plans that use individual racial classifications. Chief Justice John Roberts writes that the districts' plans violate equal protection. Justice Anthony Kennedy agrees with the result but leaves room for race-conscious strategies that do not classify individual students by race. The ruling limits how school districts can voluntarily address racial isolation after decades of desegregation litigation.