Sentences with phrase «discriminatory purpose»
The term "discriminatory purpose" refers to an intention or motive to treat someone unfairly, unjustly or differently based on certain characteristics such as race, gender, age, religion, national origin, disability etc. Full definition
«Facebook's use and abuse of user data for discriminatory purposes needs to stop,» Lisa Rice, president and CEO of NFHA, said in a statement.
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«Facebook's use and abuse of user data for discriminatory purposes needs to stop.
Moreover, the trial court used an erroneously strict test to determine whether the defendant had made a prima facie Batson / Wheeler case to support an inference of discriminatory purpose in the prosecutor's strikes, a prima facie showing that would have required the prosecutor to offer a permissible, nonbiased justification for the strikes.
Similarly, the prosecutor's questions and statements during voir dire examination and in exercising his challenges may support or refute an inference of discriminatory purpose.
In its decision, the 9th Circuit cited a previous case establishing that «circumstantial evidence of intent, including... statements by decisionmakers, may be considered in evaluating whether a governmental action was motivated by a discriminatory purpose.»
Discriminatory purpose, as defined in Bray, implies that the agent selects or reaffirms a particular course of action in part «because of» and not merely «in spite of» its adverse effects upon an identifiable group.
Otherwise, I think this correctly identifies the legal question at issue here, i.e., discriminatory purpose.
In Rodriguez, the Supreme Court held that there is no constitutional right to education, so disparities in funding are not unconstitutional; in Davis, the court ruled that policies adopted without a discriminatory purpose but that have a discriminatory effect are not unconstitutional.
«Taxpayer funds should not be used for these discriminatory purposes.»
Although the issue of gender was not an equal protection claim in Loomis, the court wrote of Compas: «If the inclusion of gender promotes accuracy, it serves the interests of institutions and defendants, rather than a discriminatory purpose.»
appropriate under the Constitution where, as in this case, special racial impact, but no discriminatory purpose, is claimed.