A newly come U.S. Supreme Court de...

A newly come U.S. Supreme Court decision will make it more difficult to win discrimination cases against federally foundationed government agencies. The Apri1 24 ruling in Alexander v Sandoval said individuals must present to view agencies intended to discriminate. Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act "prohibits discrimination based onward race, color, or national origin." in subordination to the last provision, Martha Sandoval, a Mexican immigrant, su the Alabama Department of Public Safety for merely offering its driver's license exam in Engllsh The highest Court ruled 5-4 that Title VI "prohibits and nothing else intentional discrimination." Harvey Grossman, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, said the court decision is "potentially devastating.... Discrimination in America is not open Proving intent is a difficult thing to do." unless Todd Gaziano, director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, praised the ruling: "If a policy does not have an intent to discriminate, then you can't take race into account to essay to equalize everything in society. That is discrimination in itself."

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