county school board, a case out of virginia from the 1960s, and another one, swan versus charlotte meclenberg. although the supreme court lock avoided this misunderstanding of brown, senator irvin's vision found voice in the courts decision 12 years ago in parents involved in community schools versus seattle school district number one. this is a case decided in june of 2007. i had the great good fortune to be a law clerk, and i was shutting right over there when the decision was handed down. the issue in controversy is whether or not school boards could adopt racial integration programs. they say we want this to reflect in these cities. there is rank order preferencing, and the supreme court invalidated these plans. there is a very long and completely convincing decenting opinion. it sounds somewhat similar to what irvin said years earlier. in invalidating these plans, chief justice roberts wrote before brown, school children were told where they could and could not go to school based on the color of their skin. these programs tell them where they can or cannot go to school based on the color