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- From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
- Subject: Re: Sexual Discrimination
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.011916.256@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago
- References: <1993Jan26.085757.6320@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> <C1HtrE.C9w@panix.com> <2527@newsserver.cs.uwindsor.ca>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:19:16 GMT
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- In article <2527@newsserver.cs.uwindsor.ca> bouche2@server.uwindsor.ca (BOUCHER DAVID ) writes:
- >In article <C1HtrE.C9w@panix.com> eck@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler) writes:
- >>I know it's futile trying to discuss actual case law with you, Aaron,
- >>but other readers may be interested in knowing the answer to your
- >>question, which I take to be "Does this statistic prove that men are
- >>denied equal protection as guaranteed under the 14th amendment?"
- >
- >>The answer is no, the numbers by themselves are not dispositive. As I
- >>wrote in a related context last month:
- >
- >I took his question to be "Is this statistic EVIDENCE that men are
- >denied equal protection?" The answer to that question is undeniably YES.
-
- The answer is not necessarily, for reasons already described. As Michal
- posted, men win 78% of all contested custody cases.
-
- >>Under _Washington v. Davis_, mere "disparate impact" isn't enough. If
- >>you actually want to discuss this intelligently, you'll need to read
- >>and understand that decision first.
- >
- >So only lawyers are qualified to "discuss intelligently" what is fair and
- >what is not? What a laugh.
-
- Not at all. Furthermore, we were discussing what was legal, rather than
- what was fair. This goes back to the judicial law-making thread we had
- earlier.
-
- At any rate, current laws are both legal and fair, so much of this
- discussion is moot.
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