Congress Must Finish the Job of Civil Rights Reforms

The Justice Department’s decision this week to eliminate disparate-impact liability from its Title VI regulations marks a critically important correction in our civil rights laws. For the first time since the early 1970s, the Department has realigned its rules with the Constitution and with the original meaning of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which guarantees that every individual is entitled to equal treatment under the law without regard to race.

This long-overdue administrative action needs to be enshrined in our civil rights laws, and Congress should make doing that a priority.

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The Justice Department’s decision this week to eliminate disparate-impact liability from its Title VI regulations marks a critically important correction in our civil rights laws. For the first time since the early 1970s, the Department has realigned its rules with the Constitution and with the original meaning of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which guarantees that every individual is entitled to equal treatment under the law without regard to race.

This long-overdue administrative action needs to be enshrined in our civil rights laws, and Congress should make doing that a priority.