New post added at News Channel 365 - Argument preview: That housing bias issue is backSource: scotusblog - Tuesday, January 20, 2015 On Wednesday morning, after opinions are released at ten o’clock, the Supreme Court will hold one hour of oral argument on the issue of how difficult it will be to prove discrimination in home sales or rentals, in the case of Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project . Arguing for the state agency will be Texas Solicitor General Scott A. Keller of Austin. The private agency involved will be represented by Michael M. Daniel of the Dallas law office of Daniel & Beshara,, P.C., sharing time at the lectern with U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., representing the federal government as an amicus in support of the Project. Background For more than three years, it has been abundantly clear that the Supreme Court has a keen interest in setting some standards on federal enforcement of a major civil rights law, the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Twice before, however, its agreement to decide the issue has been frustrated by settlement of those cases. This week, it will try again, in a Texas case about placing low-income housing in racially segregated neighborhoods — a case that seems to have less chance of washing out than the previous ones. The issue before the Court pulls the Justices into the midst of an abiding dispute over a federal law that affects the everyday lives of many minorities, over where they may make their homes and even their chances to obtain housing. The dispute has heAll Related
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