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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -xPARENTS INVOLVED IN :COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, :Petitioner :v. : No. 05-908SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT :NO. 1, ET AL. :- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -xWashington, D.C.Monday, December 4, 2006The above-entitled matter came on for oralargument before the Supreme Court of the United Statesat 10:01 a.m.APPEARANCES:HARRY J.F. KORRELL, ESQ., Seattle, Wash.; on behalfof the Petitioner.GEN. PAUL D. CLEMENT, ESQ., Solicitor General,Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; asamicus curiae, supporting the Petitioner.MICHAEL F. MADDEN, ESQ., Seattle, Wash.; on behalf ofthe Respondent.1
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C O N T E N T SORAL ARGUMENT OF PAGEHARRY J.F. KORRELL, ESQ.On behalf of the Petitioner 3ORAL ARGUMENT OFGEN PAUL D. CLEMENT, ESQ.As amicus curiae, supporting thePetitioner 16ORAL ARGUMENT OFMICHAEL F. MADDEN, ESQ.On behalf of the Respondent 26REBUTTAL ARGUMENT OFHARRY J.F. KORRELL, ESQ.On behalf of Petitioner 512
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P R O C E E D I N G S(10:01 a.m.)CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: We'll hear argumentfirst today in 05-908, Parents Involved in CommunitySchools versus Seattle School District Number 1.Mr. Korrell.ORAL ARGUMENT OF HARRY J.F. KORRELLON BEHALF OF PETITIONERMR. KORRELL: Mr. Chief Justice, and may itplease the Court.In an effort to achieve its desired racialbalance in its popular high schools, the Seattle schooldistrict denied over 300 children, both white andminority children, admission to their chosen schoolssolely because of their race and without anyindividualized consideration. This strikes at the heartof the Equal Protection Clause which commands thatGovernment treat people as individuals, not simply asmembers of a racial class.This fundamental equal protection principlewas reiterated in Grutter and in Gratz. The centralquestion in this case is not, as the school district andmany of its allies suggest, whether integration isimportant or whether desegregation is compelling. Thecentral question in this case is whether outside of the3
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