NASW Applauds U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Texas vs. The Inclusive...
(Source: NASW - National Association of Social Workers) Decision protects fair housing policies and statutes across the United States WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision...
View ArticleWho Are You Going To Believe On Fair Housing, The WSJ Or Congress And The...
class="item-body"> Wall Street Journal editorial board member Mary Kissel is misinforming about a new fair-housing case under consideration by the Supreme Court, scaremongering that a decision to...
View ArticleTexas case goes to U.S. high court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Did retailer Abercrombie & Fitch discriminate against a Muslim woman who was denied a job because her headscarf clashed with the company’s dress code? That’s the question in one...
View ArticleSupreme Court rightly supports Fair Housing Act 'disparate impact' claims
For years, civil rights groups have feared that the Supreme Court would hamstring the effort to end racial segregation in housing by ruling that only practices rooted in intentional discrimination...
View ArticleSupreme Court To Hear Another Case On Housing Bias
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time in recent years, the Supreme Court will consider taking away a powerful legal tactic the Obama administration and others have used to combat housing discrimination....
View ArticleSupreme Court takes up housing bias case
For the third time in recent years, the Supreme Court will consider taking away a powerful legal tactic the Obama administration and others have used to combat housing discrimination. The justices...
View ArticleRep. Ellison Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Arizona State Legislature...
(Source: Keith Ellison) WASHINGTON-Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court ruled that Arizona voters violated the Elections Clause of the...
View ArticleThis Supreme Court Decision Could Encourage One Of The Worst Forms Of Racism
For the larger part of the 20th century, housing discrimination in the United States was overt and unambiguous. Racial segregation was largely the norm, and those who worked to preserve it were under...
View ArticleLandmark Housing Law Challenged in High Court Bias Case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether people suing for housing discrimination must prove they were victims of intentional bias, in a case that may give long-sought protection to the lending...
View ArticleSupreme Court To Hear Cases Over Employment, Housing Bias
WASHINGTON (AP) — Did retailer Abercrombie & Fitch discriminate against a Muslim woman who was denied a job because her headscarf clashed with the company's dress code? That's the question in one...
View ArticleRep. Ellison Statement on Juneteenth (Keith Ellison)
(Source: Keith Ellison) WASHINGTON-Rep. Keith Ellison released the following statement today on Juneteenth. "On this day in 1865, the last remaining slaves in the United States were freed in Galveston,...
View ArticleCourt to hear cases over employment, housing bias
WASHINGTON Did retailer Abercrombie & Fitch discriminate against a Muslim woman who was denied a job because her headscarf clashed with the company's dress code? That's the question in one of the...
View ArticleSupreme Court upholds Fair Housing Act
About 62,000 people joined the live Supreme Court blog online today as the eagerly awaited decision in the case Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc....
View ArticleIn Fair Housing Act Case, Supreme Court Backs 'Disparate Impact' Claims
12:26 PM ET Bill Chappell Twitter Civil rights groups won a victory Thursday, as the Supreme Court ruled that claims of racial discrimination in housing cases shouldn't be limited by questions of...
View ArticleHousing bias dispute could make it to Supreme Court, despite liberal groups
WASHINGTON - It's not easy to prevent the Supreme Court from deciding an issue once the justices have agreed to hear a case. Facts A look at how disparate impact works • Disparate impact cases often...
View ArticleDisparate impact liability under the Fair Housing Act: Inclusion is not a...
(Source: National Constitution Center) In this commentary, Stacy E. Seicshnaydre from Tulane University Law argues that the disparate impact case in front of the Supreme Court today is about promoting...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court to rule on housing discrimination law
The United States Supreme Court agreed to decide whether people suing for housing discrimination must prove they were victims of intentional bias, in a case that may give long-sought protection to the...
View ArticleTexas Housing-Bias Case Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether people suing for housing discrimination must prove they were victims of intentional bias, in a case that may give long-sought protection to the lending...
View ArticleYour Housing Rights Are on the Line
By Nancy Wilberg Ricks, Senior Policy Strategist, NCLR This year all eyes are on anti-discrimination laws that impact your housing rights, as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
View ArticleLawyers’ Committee and Washington Lawyers’ Committee Applaud Supreme Court’s...
(Source: Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs) Lawyers' Committee and Washington Lawyers' Committee Applaud Supreme Court's Decision Upholding the Fair Housing Act's...
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