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In Favor Of Restoring The Sherbert Rule - With Qualifications, Jesse H. Choper
In Favor Of Restoring The Sherbert Rule - With Qualifications, Jesse H. Choper
Jesse H Choper
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Saving Disparate Impact, Lawrence Rosenthal
Saving Disparate Impact, Lawrence Rosenthal
Lawrence Rosenthal
More than four decades ago, the Supreme Court concluded that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s prohibition on racial discrimination in employment is properly construed to forbid “practices, procedures, or tests neutral on their face, and even neutral in terms of intent,” that nevertheless “operate as ‘built-in headwinds’ for minority groups . . . that are unrelated to testing job capability.” In the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Congress codified liability for cases in which an employer “uses a particular employment practice that causes a disparate impact on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national …