Observers Claim That the Supreme Court's Decision in Parents Involved

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Multiple Choice

Observers claim that the Supreme Court's decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v.Seattle School District No.1 (2007) represents the "end of the Brown era" because it

• A)explicitly overturned the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v.Board of Education.
• B)rejected the precedent that strict scrutiny should be applied in cases about racial discrimination.
• C)confirmed the precedent that strict scrutiny should be applied in cases about racial discrimination.
• D)declared one of the few public strategies left to promote racial integration unconstitutional.

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Estates-General

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Universal Suffrage

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