IT'S NOT ENOUGH ANYMORE TO JUST BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. NOW TO MAKE IT STOP YOU HAVE TO PROVE IT'S INTENTIONAL. SOMETHING ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE.
Martha Sandoval could drive and could read the signs on the road in English, but she was not a fluent English speaker. Alabama, where she lived, however, had passed an "English only" policy. When she was not allowed to take any part of her driving test in Spanish, and therefore discriminated against on the basis of national origin, Ms. Sandoval sued her state.
In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled that Martha Sandoval had no right to bring her case in court. The Court decided that private individuals could only sue to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or national origin) if they can prove intentional discrimination, something almost impossible to do.
Alexander v. Sandoval (2001)
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