Last week, the Democratic chairman and Republican ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee reached an agreement on the creation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the violent attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. The Commission’s work will culminate in a final report to be issued on December 31,ContinueContinue reading “Not Above the Law Coalition Member Statements on Commission to Investigate January 6 Attack”
Category Archives: The Week in White Supremacy
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Involving N-Word in Workplace
The Equal Justice Society expressed its disappointment in the decision on May 17 by the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear Robert Collier v. Dallas County Hospital District dba Parkland Health & Hospital System, a case where a Black hospital employee was constantly exposed to the N-word, in what he and EJS assert was a TitleContinueContinue reading “Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Involving N-Word in Workplace”
Status of the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Disparate Impact Rule
This memo was written to address the status of disparate impact discrimination analysis under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), following the Trump Administration’s 2020 rule and the Biden Administration’s response. The 2020 HUD rule, which would have gutted disparate impact as a means of establishing unlawful discrimination under the FHA, was enjoined in October 2020 and was not permitted to go into effect. As of March 2021, HUD continues to operate pursuant to the status quo, which is governed by the Obama Administration’s 2013 rule on disparate impact analysis under the FHA.