CARL TOBIAS Remembering Cooper v. Aaron, the Supreme Court Case That Sent the Message that Brown's Promise of Desegregation Must Be Kept FindLaw guest columnist and U. Richmond law professor Carl Tobias reflects on the significance of the public school desegregation case Cooper v. Aaron now, fifty years after the Supreme Court issued its decision. Tobias explains why Cooper -- though far less famous than Brown v. Board of Education -- was similarly momentous in the Court's history, in that it signaled that the Court would not tolerate the ongoing efforts to evade Brown. He also discusses the broader meaning of Cooper: that the law, if actively enforced, can truly promote social justice and change.

Another one of those things that Liberal means (Linquisticly) is that the US Constitution and Bill of Rights are considerably more proactive than has generally been considered by either the Democratic Party Wing or the Republican Party Wing of the Business/Military Political Party.