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When Race Affects Tips, Do Employees Have Recourse? (Tuesday 15 April 2008)
A study suggests that restaurant servers receive substantially different tips depending on their race.
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life: Florida Ruling Indicates Bans on Gay Adoption Lack Logic and Relevance (Monday 29 September 2008)
Columnist Linda Holmes discusses why a Florida ruling indicates that bans on gay adoption lack logic and relevance.
The Penalty for Fatness: Obesity Discrimination and the Traditional Civil Rights Approach (Tuesday 26 August 2008)
A successful case could be made against obesity discrimination in the workplace, in education or in financial matters via either the Civil Rights Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act.
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life: Court Upholds Condo Board’s Removal of Mezuzah Despite Discriminatory Effect on Jewish Residents (Tuesday 23 September 2008)
In 2004, a Chicago condo board established a rule prohibiting the placement of a mezuzah outside one resident's door. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the condo board, but Congress is now considering taking action.
Employment Discrimination
Employment discrimination claims are categorized as desparate treatment or adverse impact. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accepts and investigates discrimination claims.
14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause
Civil Rights Laws & Human Rights Laws
Information about civil and human rights laws.
June 15, 1964: The Supreme Court requires states to equally appoint legislators according to population (Tuesday 12 June 2007)
June 18, 1873: Susan B. Anthony is fined for voting in the 1872 presidential election (Friday 15 June 2007)
May 20, 1996: The Supreme Court decides Romer v Evans, striking down a Colorado amendment which prohibits any lesbian or gay civil rights protections. (Friday 9 May 2008)
The Supreme Court makes a landmark decision for gay and lesbian civil rights.
May 14, 1961: Segregationists firebomb a Freedom Riders bus in Alabama (Friday 9 May 2008)
''Freedom Riders'' from the Congress of Racial Equality are firebombed and attacked in Alabama.
May 3, 1948: The Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to minorities are unenforceable (Thursday 1 May 2008)
The Supreme Court rules that restrictive covenants in real estate are unenforceable.
April 27, 1950: South Africa passes Group Areas Act, formally segregating races and beginning era of apartheid (Monday 21 April 2008)
Apartheid begins in South Africa with the Group Areas act.
Nov. 13, 1956: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a ruling against racial segregation on Alabama’s public buses (Wednesday 7 November 2007)
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a ruling against racial segregation on Alabama’s public buses.
