Word: encroachment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Court realized that fetal protection policies encroach upon women's constitutional rights...
...Tung case, the university insisted that releasing the materials would encroach on academic freedom and undermine the confidentiality that is the backbone of the tenure system. The court dismissed that argument and gave the EEOC broad power to obtain tenure documents. Wrote Justice Harry Blackmun: "The costs associated with racial and sexual discrimination in institutions of higher learning are very substantial . . . Ferreting out this kind of invidious discrimination is a great if not compelling governmental interest...