Discrimination in Public Accommodations

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Mike

A post by Eugene Volokh on VC talks about a recent jury award under the CA public accommodations anti-discrimination statute against a (Muslim) hotel owner that kicked out a Friends of the IDF gathering. I think the major issue is whether property owners are free to discriminate on the basis of non-religious (or religious) beliefs. A secondary issue is whether property owners can discriminate on the basis of speech (Note: it is not clear to me whether the Friends of the IDF gathering was just a party or a fundraiser with speeches, etc.).

The link to the LA Times article has a little more information on the background.

So, an additional question is: should we have different rules for property owners in different states? Volokh makes it sound as if this result is specific to CA.

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Friday Open Thread: 8/17/2012

Posted on August 17, 2012 by jnc4p

Since we don’t have a Morning Report, I’ll start a new thread. If anyone has the Vital Statistics, feel free to add them.

This is worth a read:

Old Obama acquaintance voices South Side’s disillusionment with his former ally

Makes me wish Jack Kemp was still around.

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