Comments on: Will lawmakers slip disparate impact, punitive damages into Title VI?

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:58:01 +0000

The beloved 1954 Brown vs. Board decision was based on the disparate impact of segregated schools. We have had an integration policy for decades now, including years of school busing. I understand that the achievement gap in education has not narrowed. The AMA looked into medical school admissions and found that results now would equal pre-54 results using the same standards. All the educational programs over the years had no effect at all with respect to the admissions measure.

Rational people would pull the plug on disparate impact litigation and regulation.

By: John David Galt

John David Galt — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:46:03 +0000

What we desperately need is exactly the opposite: a Civil Rights Reform Act, spelling out that an employer who has a good behavior-based reason to discriminate against someone has an affirmative right to do it, regardless of whether it (or a pattern of it) causes “disparate impact” under the Civil Rights Act, ADA, or any similar law.

The disgusting thing about the whole thing is that THIS idea will even be controversial.

Who’s with me?

By: AMcA

AMcA — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:48:11 +0000

I’ve gotta say the progressives are off their game here. Where are the fee shifting provisions?