SUPREME COURT SHOWS SURPRISING WILLINGNESS TO COMBAT 'UNCONSCIOUS' DISCRIMINATION

SUPREME COURT SHOWS SURPRISING WILLINGNESS TO COMBAT 'UNCONSCIOUS' DISCRIMINATION
BY JUDD LEGUM POSTED ON JUNE 25, 2015 AT 11:25 AM

Much of the attention on the Supreme Court today has focused on King v. Burwell, which upheld federal subsidies and preserved health care for millions. But a less prominent case relating to the Fair Housing Act of 1968, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Community Project, Inc., could be equally significant.

The 5-4 ruling, which surprised many court watchers, found that the housing policies could be deemed discriminatory based on “disparate impact.” This means that plaintiffs could prove discrimination by showing that the impact of a housing policy was discriminatory, even if there was no conscious attempt to discriminate.

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