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Article: 1984: The legislation. (Civil Rights Act of 1984) (editorial)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- October 5, 1984
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PROPONENTS of the Civil Rights Act of 1984 insist, as is cutomary in such cases, that their bill is less important than its opponents think it is. The bill has been presented as a simple correction of an erroneously narrow judicial interpretation of existing civil-rights laws. In United States v. Grove City College the Supreme Court held that an educational institution receiving federal financial aid thereby subjects only the particular program receiving the aid to the civil-rights laws. The new Civil Rights Act is necessary, its backers say, to make it clear that rules against discrimination in federally funded institutions cannot be evaded by creative bookkeeping ...