The government appealed the decision, delaying implementation of the court's ruling.
But, as Achmat said in his Sir John Foster memorial lecture at University College London last week, the implementation of the court's decision is not going well.
"As a court of law," he wrote, "ours is neither to devise ways in which to circumvent the opinions of the Supreme Court nor to indulge delay in the full implementation of the court's opinions".
"The court finds that the government's failure to ensure that responsible officials adequately understood the NSA's alert list process, and to accurately report its implementation to the court, has prevented for more than two years both the government and the FISC [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court] from taking steps to remedy daily violations," wrote Judge Reggie B. Walton.
Those resisting integration in the segregated states would be able to use the very words of the dissenters to undermine the authority of the majority on the question, and impede the implementation of the court's majority opinion.
As for what, if anything, the problems in Newark portend for implementation of the court-ordered spending increases in other poor districts, Mr. Hespe seemed to take a middle path.
"Will they stand by as their allies act to delay the implementation in the courts?" House Republican Leader John Boehner also criticized the plan for keeping the vast majority of America's offshore energy resources off limits at a time when, the Ohio representative said, Americans want an "all of the above" strategy for promoting American energy production and creating American jobs.
The stay wasn't a ruling on the legal merits of the Plan only a decision to hold up implementation until the courts decide the challengers' claims.
Fortunately, the pro-choice lawyers with their attorney general colleagues have moved decisively to block implementation until the courts can review the regulations.
These measures were taken by President Kennedy early this morning, shortly after he signed a proclamation ordering Governor Wallace and Alabama State officials to cease interfering with the implementation of court orders to desegrate the State schools.
