Yes - the new policy is facially neutral. It has a disparate impact on Asians. And the discriminatory intent behind this racially neutral policy was shown in the documents - like the Omeish text. That's the argument. |
The disparate impact on Asians is that 56% of the incoming class under the new policy are Asian. ... Hmm. Where is the disparate impact again? |
It was 70+% before - that's the argument. Those are the facts. That is an actual disparate impact on Asians - whether it's actionable or not is another question. |
No, that's the argument. The argument is that the correct determination of disparate impact is comparing the old policy admissions numbers to the new policy admissions numbers. But why? Why not to the population? Or to another metric? |
Do you a link to the court filings? I would read them. |
I don't think you want to compare it to the population - then you'd have to have a lot more white people. |
This! |
| But yes I do think it's an interesting legal question to watch. Idk how I think it should turn out. I'll be interested to see. |
Well I think the SC is taking the question of whether they can do the admissions policy for this year while they sort out the whole thing through the courts, right? |
Wednesday is April 13. It's way too late already, despite what the dissent said. Maybe they are on to next year's incoming class? |
The court is getting far more activist. They just did the same with an EPA regulation before a circuit court could opine |
Arguably it's not too late: https://www.fcps.edu/registration/thomas-jefferson-high-school-science-and-technology-admissions/tjhsst-freshman Mid-May Final Notifications Released on or Before |
Again, what are you babbling about? Facially neutral and disparate impact are two different concepts. A racist school board can have racist intent while implementing facially neutral policies that have a disparate impact. You are so ignorant of the relevant concepts that I implore you to do some research before engaging further. |
Read the brief. They are asking for a stay for the class of 2026. https://pacificlegal.org/press-release/coalition-for-tj-files-an-emergency-request-to-vacate-the-fourth-circuits-stay/ |
They can do a lottery very quickly. If they really want to tweak coalition for TJ, they can automatically enter every rising freshman in the county and create a waitlist for those who decline. |