CNLW-377 : Civil Rights Enforcement

This course will examine the authority of the United States government to investigate and enforce various federal civil rights laws and the policy implications surrounding priority-setting in this area. The topics discussed will include educational opportunity, equal employment, fair housing, and voting, as well as the rights of persons with disabilities, servicemembers, and of all people to be free from hate crimes or unconstitutional policing. Through analysis of specific examples, supplemented by input from individuals with current or past involvement in these enforcement activities, the course will consider the ways in which changing priorities over time have affected the ways in which the government has deployed these crucial powers.

No prerequisites.