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I'm all for getting case law in the record for calling a spade a spade in situations like this. The US has laws against age and other discrimination. The 'More
by ethbro 10y ago
I'm all for getting case law in the record for calling a spade a spade in situations like this. The US has laws against age and other discrimination.
The 'More Perfect' podcast had a great episode about Batson, jury selection, and racially motivated peremptory challenge that speaks to the same points (though sadly, still unresolved in our justice system). See http://www.wnyc.org/story/object-anyway/ http://www.wnyc.org/story/object-anyway/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batson_v._Kentucky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batson_v._Kentucky http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/supreme-court-black-jurors-death-penalty-georgia.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/supreme-court-black-jur...
If the laws need changing then that's a discussion we should have. But you shouldn't be able to weasel around them by inventing a term and then equating it to things that are illegal.