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The first opinion (Horne v. Flores), written by Justice Sam Alito, was a rebuke to the phony "bilingual education" that is a euphemism for taxpayer-funded teaching of basic subjects in Spanish in public school. This prevents students from ever learning English well and from reaching their full potential in America. Yet since 1992 a federal court has reigned over a lawsuit in Arizona demanding more and more taxpayer spending on this wrongheaded program. Last week the Supreme Court finally halted this judicial supremacy. Justice Alito observed that more money does not mean better education, and he embraced English immersion as a likely superior educational approach. He put quotes around "bilingual education" and cited study after study criticizing it. He also suggested that the trial court had exceeded its jurisdiction (authority), and had erred in requiring more funding (for teachers' unions) rather than considering non-financial ways to improve schools.

The second decision, another 5-4 decision, invalidated reverse discrimination by the New Haven, CT fire department. In Ricci v. DeStefano, the Court observed that 18 white and Hispanic firefighters "likely would have been promoted based on their good test performance," but that reverse discrimination by the City of New Haven caused it to deny the promotions. The Court held that the City had wrongly thrown out the test results in order to find a way to promote African American firefighters. Such race-based intentional discrimination in favor of minorities is itself a violation of the Civil Rights Act, the Court held to the dismay of liberals.

JUDGE DIERKER RECEIVES EAGLE AWARD. Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr., a prominent state judge in St. Louis, is the author of an important book called The Tyranny of Tolerance: A Sitting Judge Breaks the Codes of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault. It describes in detail the tyranny of the liberals and feminists who use "tolerance" to achieve their intolerant and mischievous goals. He was the speaker at a dinner meeting of the Discussion Club (a conservative club founded in 1958 by Phyllis Schlafly, Harry Langenberg--father of Missouri Eagle Forum president Joan Langenberg--and a handful of others, which is still functioning after all these years). Phyllis presented Judge Dierker with an Eagle Award for daring to tell the truth about the judiciary. His fascinating speech forecast t he kind of Supreme Court decisions we would get if we ever have Hillary Clinton as Chief Justice.

THE GREAT WATER HEIST: PART 2. Henry Lamb uploaded a video condensing the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the Clean Water Restoration Act (S.787). The Committee approved the bill for a floor vote after removing the word "navigable" from the definition of waters under the jurisdiction of the federal government. This change means virtually all water everywhere is subject to federal jurisdiction. The original language authored by Senator Russ Feingold, was replaced by a substitute amendment by Senator Baucus and others. The new language is said to exempt agriculture, but in reality, it exempts only "prior converted wetlands." The new language maintains the massive expansion of federal power. See video on our blog: eagleforum.org/blog.

EAGLE OF THE WEEK

REMINDERS

It's Not Too Late FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO ATTEND COLLEGIANS SUMMIT 2009 ON JULY 9-10 in Washington D.C. at the Heritage Foundation building. Contact Eric at Eric@eagleforum.org for more info.

LISTEN TO PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY LIVE. Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 12 noon (CST) on 40 stations across the country. Also accessible on the Internet: at Bott Radio Network. This week, Phyllis Schlafly will talk with Arthur Ally about violent video games.

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