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Civil Rights Monitor
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The CIVIL RIGHTS MONITOR is a quarterly publication that reports on civil rights issues pending before the three branches of government. The Monitor also provides a historical context within which to assess current civil rights issues. Back issues of the Monitor are available through this site. Browse or search the archives
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Volume 4 Number 4 INSIDE...
STATUS OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION BEFORE CONGRESS
An array of civil rights legislation is pending in Congress including the Americans with Disabilities Act and Family and Medical Leave Act A major priority of civil rights groups is passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1990, bipartisan legislation to address Supreme Court decisions on equal employment opportunity law. The legislation was introduced on February 7
NAACP LDF RELEASES REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF THE SUPREME COURT'S JUNE 1989 PATTERSON DECISION
Almost 100 cases have been dismissed because of the Supreme Court's Patterson decision, in some instances leaving acts of discrimination unremedied
SUPREME COURT CASES INVOLVING THE AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL COURTS TO EFFECTUATE REMEDIES
The Supreme Court will decide whether federal courts may set aside state laws that prohibit a school dis trict from increasing its property tax to cover the costs of remedying past racial discrimination. In a second case the Court ruled that a district court judge went too far in imposing sanctions against council members who refused to implement a housing desegregation order
  
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