Comment by Manuel_D
5 days ago
Fear of disparate impact claims do not justify discrimination on the basis of protect class. This was argued all the way up to the Supreme Court: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricci_v._DeStefano
Furthermore, disparate impact theory has been largely rolled back in recent years.
The Sheetz disparate impact case was in 2024, post Ricci. Griggs is still the law of the land even though some justices have signaled they might want to revisit it.
I'm referring to the 2025 executive orders that instructed the EEOC not to employ disparate impact theory: https://apnews.com/article/discrimination-trump-civil-rights...