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Colorblindness, Race Neutrality, And Voting Rights, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Colorblindness, Race Neutrality, And Voting Rights, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Law Faculty Publications
The Reconstruction Amendments' guarantee of civil rights and political equality for racial minorities means that with respect to voting and representation, raceneutral results should be as much a constitutional imperative as colorblind process. As such, a colorblind electoral rule that unintentionally lessens the ability of a minority group to vote or to choose its candidate of choice should be deemed unconstitutional under the Fifteenth Amendment, not merely unlawful under the Voting Rights Act, unless the jurisdiction can provide a strong justification for the rule focused on why such a rule is reasonably necessary to safeguard the electoral process. This change …
(Un)Welcome Conduct And The Sexually Hostile Environment, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
(Un)Welcome Conduct And The Sexually Hostile Environment, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Law Faculty Publications
As courts refine the theory underlying sexual harassment and sex discrimination, the unwelcomeness inquiry may become irrelevant to determining whether gender-based conduct is sexually harassing. In addition, the one possible remaining purpose that the unwelcomeness requirement may serve-providing notice to a putative harasser or its employer-is now served by an affirmative defense applicable to many sexual harassment claims. Consequently, its role should be reexamined. This Article does that. Part I of the Article describes a hypothetical situation that provides a context in which to consider unwelcomeness. Part II provides a brief overview of the evolving sexual harassment jurisprudence. Part III …
Civil Rights In The Cold War, Carl W. Tobias
Civil Rights In The Cold War, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Review of Mary L. Dudziak, Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy (2000)