This ruling, which may seem fair on its face, has dangerous implications for the future of the community's responsibility to maintain our democratic society.

The bill that was passed would make major changes in the law of how plaintiffs can prove disparate impact, when some employment practice, apparently fair on its face, is shown to have a discriminatory effect.

The second Danforth bill would overturn much of the decision in Wards Cove v. Atonio, which made it more difficult for victims of job discrimination to prove that an employment procedure that is apparently fair on its face, like a test, had an illegal discriminatory effect.