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The Defeat Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1990: Wading Through The Rhetoric In Search Of Compromise, Cynthia L. Alexander
The Defeat Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1990: Wading Through The Rhetoric In Search Of Compromise, Cynthia L. Alexander
Vanderbilt Law Review
On October 22, 1990 President Bush vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1990.2 The Senate failed by one vote to override the veto.' The Act embodied the congressional response to a series of 1989 United States Supreme Court cases decided by a new conservative majority of Justices. Finding that these decisions drastically limit civil rights protections, Congress accordingly introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1990 to restore those protections. Congress then spent almost a year refining the controversial bill to make it palatable to the President and the business community. Despite congressional efforts, the President op- posed several aspects of …