TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 2 P44

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 2 P44 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 418 CIVIL RIGHTS CASES civil rights and therefore Congress was powerless to legislate on the social conduct of private individuals. Following this decision states began enacting segregation in various laws the most notorious of which were collectively referred to as the jim crow laws. It took more than 80 years before Congress would again attempt to legislate in this area. The Civil Rights Acts of 1957 indicated congressional recognition that the federal government had to bring about an end to racial discrimination. The Civil Rights Commission was established and the laws guaranteed qualified voters the right to vote regardless of their color. From 1964 through 1968 Congress enacted extensive and far-reaching legislation affording blacks equal status under the law ranging from full and free enjoyment of public accommodations and facilities to the prohibition of racial discrimination in employment as well as transactions affecting housing in the United states. These laws include the Civil Rights Act of 1964 the voting rights act of 1965 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 outlawed discrimination based on physical disability in employment and public buildings. The Civil Rights Act of 1991 granted to victims of unlawful discrimination the right to seek money damages jury trials and back pay. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the make the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit reset with each new discriminatory paycheck. The act overturned a supreme Court ruling that held the 180 days began running with the employee s first paycheck that was effected by discrimination. CROSS REFERENCES Civil Rights Civil Rights Act of 1964 Appendix Primary Document Ku Klux Klan Act Voting Rights Act of 1965 Appendix Primary Document . CIVIL RIGHTS CASES A landmark decision which was a consolidation of several cases brought before the supreme Court of the

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