And this term, the court limited voluntary school desegregation plans in public schools and that's just three years after the court upheld affirmative action in higher education.

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The arguments in that case catalyzed the desegregation of our schools and prevailed in the landmark case Brown v.

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In the case in Massachusetts that John mentioned, in the schools in the Lynn district, where they've had a voluntary desegregation plan, and they've now defended it successfully in Federal court, the students feel that the kids in the adjoining districts that are segregated are clueless about the nature of this society and just don't understand how to operate in it.

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They were not ideologues but somehow we got balanced budgets, enough money for social programs, the first Civil Rights Act in nearly 100 years, the desegregation of public schools, and a successful space program.

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Observers say a declaration of complete desegregation -- unitary in the legal term -- is likely another year or two away for Little Rock schools.

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