Alexander v. Sandoval:A Setback for Civil Rights

Autores

  • Kevin G. Welner University of Colorado, Boulder

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v9n24.2001

Palavras-chave:

Supreme Court, Lawsuits, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Fourteenth Amendment, Discrimination

Resumo

This article confronts the serious implications of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Alexander v. Sandoval, which eliminated an important legal avenue for civil rights plaintiffs. For over 35 years, individuals have been allowed to bring lawsuits directly challenging violations of rights set forth in the federal regulations implementing Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Because these actions could be grounded in proof of disparate impact, rather than discriminatory intent, they allowed for some claims that could not go forward under other legal authorities, such as the Fourteenth Amendment. While the author concludes by identifying key remaining options, he highlights the real damage done by this decision.

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Biografia do Autor

Kevin G. Welner, University of Colorado, Boulder

Kevin G. Welner is an attorney, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Education, and co-director of CU-Boulder's Education and the Public Interest Center. His book entitled Legal Rights, Local Wrongs: When Community Control Collides with Educational Equity will be published by SUNY Press later this year. His homepage is at http://www.colorado.edu/education/contacts/faculty/welner.

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Publicado

2001-06-24

Como Citar

Welner, K. G. (2001). Alexander v. Sandoval:A Setback for Civil Rights. Arquivos Analíticos De Políticas Educativas, 9, 24. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v9n24.2001

Edição

v. 9 (2001)

Seção

Articles