Cracking The Code: De-Coding Racial Slurs During the Congressional Crack Cocaine Debates
Civil & Human Rights Civil Rights Criminal Felony Civil & Human Rights Discrimination
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University of Michigan Journal of Race and Law (2000). Mr. Dvorak used a "de-coding" method, drawn from employment discrimination law, to argue the federal crack-cocaine sentencing guidelines were unconstitutional. This article was cited by dozens of law reviews, and in one federal court opinion. Congress later revised the Guidelines to make them less discriminatory.