They argued that this discrimination violated the equality and liberty provisions of the Connecticut Constitution and were supported by the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union.
The Court resolved the matter by unanimous vote.31 It did not even mention the possibility that the discrimination violated equal protection of the laws.
Winfred Lynn's case was based on a contention that racial discrimination in the military violated the Selective Service Act of 1940.
Racial discrimination, though invidious in all contexts, violates the Constitution only when it may be attributed to state action.
After consulting with the federal Education Department, I can confidently report that this discrimination may violate the law - or then again, it may not.
For the courts have repeatedly ruled that discrimination against waste from other states violates the interstate commerce clause of the American constitution.
Last term this Court held that racial discrimination in a civil litigant's exercise of peremptory challenges also violates the Equal Protection Clause.
Racial discrimination, although repugnant in all contexts, violates the Constitution only when it is attributable to state action.
"If racial discrimination in the interest of diversity does not violate public policy," the brief said, "then surely discrimination in the practice of religion is no violation."