State of Connecticut
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State of Connecticut
N.A.A.C.P. officials said that they were trying to be involved in a lawsuit over the No Child Left Behind Law on the side of the Bush administration and against the State of Connecticut because of a core principle that states do not have the right to ignore federal legislation that aims to help minorities. As the assistant general counsel for the National Association said that one can't help but remember back in the Dixiecrat period when certain Southern states asserted that they were not required to comply with certain federal civil rights laws designed to protect people's rights. The Connecticut State N.A.A.C.P. filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the State of Connecticut against Margaret Spellings, the secretary of education.