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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Carving out Capitol Hill or another neighborhood for a controlled choice experiment would be ripe for an equal protection attack because property owners in the Maury district who would be sent to JO Wilson or Miner are being treated differently than families IB for Lafayette or Janney.  [/quote]

If you are a troll, then well done, you got me.

If you are for real, you have no legal training and are just using words you overheard on Metro.  Let me help you.  Equal protection has (virtually) nothing to do with treating someone differently.  You have to show that someone is being treated differently BECAUSE of their race (or other classification, none of which are applicable here).  Your hypo makes no sense.  The white Maury parents cannot base their claim on being treated differently than the white Janney parents.

To the extent anyone thinks they have thought of an equal protection claim, it needs to begin with, "Black students are getting a raw deal because..."  [/quote]

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