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The Supreme Court jump-starts the machinery of death.
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Affirmative InactionAnthony Kennedy is sort of horrified by voluntary school desegregation.
By Dahlia LithwickPosted Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, at 7:02 PM ET
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Outside the court this morning, hundreds of protesters swarm the plaza chanting what sounds to me like: "Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas … bladah yappa lappa doop." What they should perhaps be chanting instead is: "Two-four-six-eight, Justice Kennedy, make up some constitutional rules—you're driving us freakin' crazy."
Correction, Dec. 5: The article originally misidentified Harry Korrell as Harvey Korrell. (Return to the corrected sentence.)
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Illustration by Mark Alan Stamaty.
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