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I will answer questions relating to discrimination law or the 14th Amendment, sexual harrassment, etc. But I can`t give specific legal advice involving specific cases you might have.
I have worked as an attorney in this area, including several landmark cases involving racial preferences (such as Hopwood v. Texas).
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There is no US law that requires landlords to determine the status of possible illegal alien. In fact, landlords may be found to be discriminating if they refuse to rent. I think I mentioned in an earlier
The ADA is a specific law designed to give special employment and housing rights to the disabled. Affirmative action is a general concept that says certain groups, usually women or minorities, but can
Disability may be covered by some hate crime laws, but even it it was, your disability would have to be the motivation for the other party's actions. Rather, it sounds like their motivation is that they
Hi Terri, Sorry to hear about your situation. Please keep in mind that I cannot provide specific legal advice in this forum. For that, you would need to speak with an attorney licensed in your jurisdiction
I cannot comment directly in this forum on whether a specific incident constitutes a violation of law in this forum. For such legal advice you would need to speak with an attorney licensed in your area

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