re: #32 Lawrence Schmerel

If a president refuses to follow a Supreme Court decision, I think we have to rely on Congress to act.

In 1956, the Supreme Court declared segregated busing unconstitutional. Montgomery was integrated by court order as a result, but Eisenhower ignored the ruling and allowed segregation to continue in other places. This continued until Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

I take a much more generous view of Eisenhower. He didn’t much like the decision in Brown v Board, but he also believed that the Supreme Court outranked him — so when they handed down a unanimous decree, by god he was going to enforce it. (also, no way in hell was he going to let some pissant southern governor use the national guard to thwart the 14th Amendment) — with all of the United States Military to pick from he chose the 101st Airborne; those 9 black kids would be protected by the unit that led the way on D-Day.