SCOTUS: Race Shouldn't Be Factor In School Diversity Plans

  AP's "Supreme Court Rejects School Race Plans" reports that the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected school diversity plans that take race into consideration as a factor.

The court split, 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts announcing the court's judgment. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a dissent that was joined by the court's other three liberals.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote a concurring opinion in which he said race may be a component of school district plans designed to achieve diversity.

But he agreed with Roberts that the plans in Louisville and Seattle went too far.