In Other Supreme Court News: Fair-Housing Act Escapes Intact. | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 68226614 United States 06/25/2015 09:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Court said that the Fair Housing Act — a law passed during Lyndon B. Johnson's administration to fight housing discrimination — prohibits discrimination from governments, mortgage lenders, and insurance companies even when it is not intentional. Having to prove intent in housing discrimination cases would have made it much more difficult for such cases to have success. Quoting: 411 MORE.... [link to nymag.com] Tell that to the homeless. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 41728332 United States 06/26/2015 12:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | More liberal crap. But I think the recipe is tht a law causing disparate impact is OK as long as it has some sort of good justification. Whereas the way it really should be is that you can have any zoning you want as long as it isn't something like a "white people only" zone. |