The dissenters — and Justice Souter was one — viewed the opinion by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. that this once-segregated city lacked any "compelling interest" in preserving its progress toward integration as profoundly ahistorical and as a troubling signal for the court's future approach to government actions that touched on race.
Some may say this just reflects my more occidental perspective, interested more in the practical than the religious, more in the new than in the old, more in progress than in tradition, more in preserving the lives of those still living than those already dead.
Our nation has made tremendous progress in the fight to protect, preserve and expand civil rights for all Americans.
Although the GMAP embraced both SUFI and elimination, the middle ground— termed "sustained control"—highlighted the need for continued work to preserve the progress in achieving high coverage but did not address how a national program could actually transition to elimination.
He thinks one of the biggest obstacles to progress in Europe is a desire to preserve the status quo.
As in fascist Europe, the underlying bargain was that in exchange for obedience, governments would defend the realm, preserve cultural authenticity and bring progress in the form of heavy industry and mechanised agriculture.
Aggressive treatment for patients whose disease is rapidly progressing (progressors) may preserve joint function.
But London has not made any progress in persuading its partners to change the voting system to preserve its influence.
Being able to explain the entire universe under the attribute of Extension is what allows Spinoza to preserve Descartes' effort of providing room for progress in the New Science (Cf. Appendix to Part One).
Indeed, taking such progress in refining into account, BP's Spill Response Plan suggests protecting and preserving the environment, which ironically delivers its profits, is not yet a priority of the oil industry.
