How can the Orange Man roll back the law? Or are we talking about regulations?
A recent internal Justice Department memo directed senior civil rights officials to examine how decades-old "disparate impact" regulations might be changed or removed in their areas of expertise, and what the impact might be, according to people familiar with the matter. Similar action is being considered at the Education Department and is underway at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Oh my heavenly daze! Improving regulations? How is this possible?
Under the concept of disparate impact, actions can amount to discrimination if they have an uneven effect even if that was not the intent, and rolling back this In New York, a lawsuit alleges that a large apartment complex in Queens will not rent to anyone with a criminal record, and that this has the effect of discriminating against
In education, the Obama administration reached settlements with school systems such as the one in Lodi, Calif., where an investigation found widespread disparities in student discipline. African American students, for instance, were five times as likely as white peers to receive out-of-school suspensions for willful defiance or disruption. In 2014, the Obama administration formally advised school systems they may be guilty of racial discrimination if students of color are punished at higher rates.
But Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School found another way to resolve that unfairness. Unfortunately, there were some unintended consequences.
Much ‐ but not all - of the disparate-impact law could be changed by the administration because
A bit of perspective, well past the attention span of most readers.
Supporters of disparate-impact analysis say it is a critical tool because finding "smoking gun" evidence to prove someone intended to discriminate is difficult.
Right. Like general Michael Flynn.
And even if the intention wasn't to discriminate, advocates say institutions should be held accountable for
