THE OSTRICH DOCTRINE: Judicial Limits On Equal Protection
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Download Podcast "Crimes of the Century" co-hosts consider whether federal equal protection provisions allow judges to lawfully ignore the indisputable, discriminatory impact of facially neutral laws in America. This vitally important episode is based on the controversial May 2013 decision by a panel of Sixth Circuit judges on the retroactivity of Congress' 2010 Fair Sentencing Act intended to eliminate decades of bias against African Americans in the enforcement of federal crack cocaine laws.  Anyone concerned about any form of unlawful government bias in the U.S. should consider what Crimes of the Century co-hosts have to say on the subject and follow the underlying case of U.S. -vs- Blewett.
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