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Did you notice what else the Supreme Court did this week? In the housing discrimination case, they ruled that you don't have to intend discrimination to be held accountable for the effects of it. This is huge. I believe in the future it will be talked about as much as the other decisions--at least in the courts.
Because, for example, school districts where children have experienced differential harm in the wake of No Child Left Behind and the movement to privatize education are now open to new litigation. And, for example, people who have been jerrymandered out of fair representation have a clearer shot to their day in court. Rural communities whose Dignity Health hospital has been closed while wealthy communities are getting new up-to-the-minute facilities have the beginnings of a case. Affirmative action can be re-revisited.
All you have to do is prove harm, and that the policy in question caused the harm. Forcing remediation is another issue, still, though. But it has to be inspiring some true social justice warriors.
Because, for example, school districts where children have experienced differential harm in the wake of No Child Left Behind and the movement to privatize education are now open to new litigation. And, for example, people who have been jerrymandered out of fair representation have a clearer shot to their day in court. Rural communities whose Dignity Health hospital has been closed while wealthy communities are getting new up-to-the-minute facilities have the beginnings of a case. Affirmative action can be re-revisited.
All you have to do is prove harm, and that the policy in question caused the harm. Forcing remediation is another issue, still, though. But it has to be inspiring some true social justice warriors.
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THREE good decisions!
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