Whitton v. Dixon · ¶45

Consider Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excel lence Corp. v. The School Committee, 604 U. S. ––– (2024). In that case, the Boston School Committee implemented an admissions policy to reduce the number of white and Asian students at their elite exam schools. The committee made its racist intent clear. One member said that she was “ `[s]ick of . . . whites,' ” while another mocked the names of Asian students after forgetting to mute himself on a Zoom hearing. Id., at ––– (Alito, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari). Despite this clearly unconstitutional race discrimination, the First Circuit ruled against parents who had challenged the affrmative-action policy. And, in a near- identical case, the Fourth Circuit did the same. Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, 601 U. S. ––– (2024). Yet, even when presented with multiple opportunities to vindicate the rights of…

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