On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:50:11 -0500, Secret Squirrel
wrote:

"J. Clarke" wrote in
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Secret Squirrel wrote:

"J. Clarke" wrote in news:cg2pr80r83
@news4.newsguy.com:

Secret Squirrel wrote:

"George" george@least wrote in :

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In your opinion.

Not my opinion, simply a statement of fact. You're attempting to argue
semantics and you've gotten it wrong.

So when kids get bussed all over creation to promote racial balance,
what law are the local governments obeying?

Not an issue of law, but rather one of public policy. Again you're
comparing apples and oranges.

Public policy instituted by judicial fiat, not by legislative action.
The courts ruled that various municipalities *had* to enforce the
judicially commanded desegregation by busing students from one area to
another. In many cases, the judges also determined how many students were
to be bused and from where. The judges certainly viewed what they were
doing as a matter of law, they further overturned legislative actions and
ordered that legislative bodies enact laws to implement their decrees.
Doesn't sound much like public policy nor local government to me.