The Supreme Court has sustained the right of judges to order school districts to bus students to overcome racial imbalance if and only if it is to remedy the consequences of

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The Supreme Court has upheld the right of judges to order busing only in cases of de jure segregation, which refers to intentional segregation enforced by law or policy. Busing to remedy de facto segregation, which refers to segregation that occurs as a result of societal factors and not necessarily intentional policy or law, has been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Therefore, option D (de jure segregation) is the correct choice.

The Supreme Court Has Sustained the Right of Judges to Order