The Trump administration’s effort to overturn decades-old school desegregation orders is facing pushback from a federal judge in Louisiana.

After the judge refused to close the books on a desegregation case dating back to the 1960s, the Concordia Parish school system in central Louisiana and the state on Tuesday filed an appeal. The case offers the first major test of the government’s attempt to quickly end some of the long-running cases.

The school system has become a focal point in the administration’s attempt to end legal cases that reach back to the Civil Rights era. Louisiana state officials say the cases are outdated and no longer needed. In a remarkable turn, they’ve recently gained support from the U.S. Justice Department, which spent decades fighting for such cases.

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    10 days ago

    This fucking stupid, of all the shit going on in the world and Trump administration is focused on racist shit like this.

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      10 days ago

      Well you say that but racist shit is like half the reason they were elected and it’s always been at least half of their stated goals so yeah.

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        9 days ago

        But this isn’t shit the base cares about, let alone even knows about. Fox News can hardly crow that Trump is bringing back segregation.

        Sounds like a Project 2025 goal more so than appeasing MAGA.