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Draft Memorandum Re Supreme Court Desegregation Decisions
This memo suggested revisions to a draft White House memo on Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, a Supreme Court case giving courts broad authority to order remedies in response to segregation. The memo, written by then-Assistant Attorney General Rehnquist, suggested that White House Counsel John Dean add a sentence describing the decision’s discussion of limitations on permissible busing.
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