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Both the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination dismissed Goodwin’s case without a hearing, the EEOC finding that Goodwin’s case was without merit and that comments allegedly made by her supervisor did not demonstrate racial or gender bias...
...gaffe in May that Mexicans do jobs in the U.S. that "not even blacks want." The Rev. Jesse Jackson demanded a recall of the "Sambo-type" images. But a rep at the Mexican embassy insisted the stamps are misunderstood: "Speedy González has never been interpreted in a racial manner" in Mexico...
...Supreme Court, he wrote an opinion that not only opened the way for a 17-year-old to have an abortion but also raised concerns generally about parental-notification laws. And he appears wobbly on affirmative action. Published accounts have suggested he toned down a Justice Department brief opposing racial preferences when the Bush Administration filed it in the landmark 2003 case involving affirmative action at the University of Michigan Law School. "There are a lot of pro-family, pro-life groups that would probably be quite unhappy if he were the pick," says Jan LaRue, chief counsel for Concerned...
...more severely restricted, at least until another member of the moderate-to-liberal wing departs the bench. In just the past three years, the court has ruled out capital punishment for the mentally retarded and juveniles while overturning a few death sentences because of incompetent legal counsel or racial bias in jury selection. Later this year, the court is scheduled to hear a much anticipated case concerning whether a Tennessee man on death row for the past 19 years can win a new trial because of fresh DNA evidence that may exonerate him. "These nagging questions of innocence have been...
...Michigan undergraduate admissions, the court said rigid race quotas or formulas were unconstitutional. Any number of groups could potentially spark a new challenge. Anti-affirmative-action activist Ward Connerly is spearheading a 2006 ballot initiative in Michigan that would amend the state constitution to ban the use of all racial preferences in university admissions or state hiring. The Center for Equal Opportunity, a public-policy research group, has threatened to file federal civil rights complaints against some 100 colleges if they don't open any racially or ethnically exclusive programs, such as certain scholarships, to all applicants...