ATTENTION CONSERVATIVE/LIBERTARIAN ATTORNEYS WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP REIN IN THE VORACIOUS FEDERAL LEVIATHAN: Please pay attention to Roger Clegg’s WSJ Letter to the Editor. He speaketh the truth:
Regarding “Judges Can Check the Administrative State” by Peter J. Wallison (April 6): The best candidates for the kind of judicial action Mr. Wallison calls for are the disparate-impact regulations that federal agencies have adopted, supposedly pursuant to the enforcement of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin in federally funded programs and activities.
That’s because the Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that this statute bans only “disparate treatment” and doesn’t ban practices that have only a “disparate impact.” …
Here’s something to help you present the legal point. Happy lawsuit!