Mister D
01-21-2015, 12:54 PM
The thinkprogress folks seem a little upset. :)
For four years, civil rights advocates have struggled to keep the Supreme Court from eliminating a key prong of federal fair housing law (http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/11/01/2872241/settlement-avert-housing-discrimination-loss-supreme-court/). This year, their luck is probably going to run out. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project (http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/texas-department-of-housing-and-community-affairs-v-the-inclusive-communities-project-inc/), a case that could leave many victims of housing discrimination unable to win their case in court. Based on the justices’ unusual eagerness to hear the issue presented by Inclusive Communities, their decision is likely to end badly for civil rights.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/01/21/3613255/the-supreme-courts-poised-to-make-it-much-easier-to-deny-someone-a-home-because-they-are-black/
For four years, civil rights advocates have struggled to keep the Supreme Court from eliminating a key prong of federal fair housing law (http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/11/01/2872241/settlement-avert-housing-discrimination-loss-supreme-court/). This year, their luck is probably going to run out. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project (http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/texas-department-of-housing-and-community-affairs-v-the-inclusive-communities-project-inc/), a case that could leave many victims of housing discrimination unable to win their case in court. Based on the justices’ unusual eagerness to hear the issue presented by Inclusive Communities, their decision is likely to end badly for civil rights.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/01/21/3613255/the-supreme-courts-poised-to-make-it-much-easier-to-deny-someone-a-home-because-they-are-black/