Racial Discrimination Cases
May 1st, 2014
Written by Ann Sanner in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
Early voting rules are being challenged in Ohio, considered a perennial battleground state especially in 2014 mid-term Congressional elections as well as the Presidential election in 2016.
The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Ohio's elections chief over limits to when voters can cast an early ballot in the perennial battleground state....
April 22nd, 2014
Written by Mark Sherman - Associated Press in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
The U.S. Supreme Court voted against affirmative action when it upheld the state of Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in college admissions despite one justice's impassioned dissent that accused the court of wanting to wish away racial inequality.
The justices said in a 6-2 ruling that Michigan voters had the right to change their state constitution in 2006 to prohibit public colleges and...
April 19th, 2014
Written by Frank Eltman in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
Two housing programs administered by a suburban New York town discriminate against blacks because the town gives preference to its predominantly white population, the Justice Department said in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
"To the extent residency preferences prevent families and senior citizens from purchasing homes because of race, ethnicity or color, the preferences violate federal law and cannot...
April 8th, 2014
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A student-athlete advocacy group is pursuing a civil-rights complaint against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and claiming discrimination against male athletes and particularly black male athletes who were placed in courses requiring only a research paper.
The Student-Athletes Human Rights Project filed the complaint Friday to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil...
April 2nd, 2014
Written by Barry Massey in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
A national civil rights group had filed a lawsuit alleging New Mexico's public education system violates the constitutional rights of low-income children as well as Spanish-speaking students and others whose primary language is not English.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, brought the lawsuit in state district court in Santa Fe on behalf of parents of about...
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