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SCOTUS Repeated Relisting of a Case on the Meaning of Race Neutrality--and a Plug for my new Article
19 Feb 2024, 4:00 am
Cases involving statutory disparate impact do not provide a one-size-fits-all definition of the proper baseline, but they make clear that the racial distribution that preceded the challenged practice is not, merely in virtue of its prior use, the right one. [read post]
6 May 2012, 5:34 am
From the conference web page:"Despite cultural progress in reducing overt acts of racism, stark racial disparities continue to define American life. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 6:59 am
The analysis is a little different from the Title VII disparate treatment claim. [read post]
11 Aug 2009, 4:25 pm
Racial Justice Act Tuesday, a victory for supporters who contend its passage is the first step in closing racial disparities in how capital punishment is applied, especially in the South where the number of condemned inmates tends to be higher. [read post]
25 Aug 2008, 2:25 am
Advocates for Children and Youth (Maryland), reports here that "African-American children in Maryland are in out-of-home placement at 5.3 times the rate of white children, more than 50 percent higher than the national gap. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 7:40 pm
Let’s now take a look at how Indiana does with racial disparities. [read post]
22 Jun 2022, 10:14 am
Recall that Candidate Biden advocated making reducing racial disparities a third monetary mandate. [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 2:31 pm
However, in a recent crack cocaine case in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court noted the significant racial disparity caused by the previous sentencing rules and said that the Fair Sentencing Act should apply to people convicted and sentenced in drug cases before the Fair Sentencing Act went into effect. [read post]
29 Jul 2019, 10:58 am
Therefore, hair discrimination targeting hairstyles associated with race is racial discrimination. [read post]
28 May 2009, 11:03 am
The Supreme Court now considers whether the City of New Haven committed racial discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause or Title VII by rejecting the results of an otherwise valid civil service exam because of the racial distribution of the results. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 3:31 pm
The City refused to certify the results when it discovered a racial disparity in the results. [read post]
29 Sep 2014, 8:38 am
A post-9/11 America created a spike in disparate and discriminatory treatment towards the Muslim population, including racial profiling, hate crimes, and even discrimination in the workplace. [read post]
3 May 2016, 2:32 am
“Because of widespread racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system, criminal history-based restrictions on access to housing are likely disproportionately to burden African-Americans and Hispanics. [read post]
2 Jul 2009, 4:30 pm
"The underlying inherent conflict is similar to that presented by competing provisions of Title VII: If equal treatment yields different outcomes, requiring an equal outcome necessitates unequal treatment.The OpinionScalia all but tells us the disparate impact provisions of Title VII violate the equal protection clause calling them "a racial thumb on the scales. [read post]
21 May 2015, 5:51 am
The new code has sharply reduced the number of out-of-school suspensions, although the racial disparity persists, school officials have reported.... [read post]
20 Jan 2018, 4:00 pm
The study focuses on racial disparities of women giving birth in Catholic hospitals governed by Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. [read post]
12 Apr 2015, 6:03 pm
After examining the history of the idea and its implementation, the essay concludes with a discussion of contemporary controversies over disparate impact versus disparate treatment, affirmative action, and accommodation. [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 5:00 am
[Ya don't say.]The EEOC has targeted criminal and credit background checks as having a disparate impact on racial minorities. [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 11:46 am
Study Casts Doubt on Racial Bias in Police Shootings: A study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences adds to the list of academic papers which provide evidence against the widely accepted claim that police shootings of black and Hispanic males are driven by racial bias. [read post]
12 Dec 2023, 1:59 pm
Disparities in patenting are far larger than disparities in other measures of innovation, such as scientific paper authorship or STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce participation (2). [read post]
