Cognitive Illiberalism, Summary Judgment, and Title VII: An Examination of Ricci v. DeStefano.

The article focuses on the concepts of cognitive illiberalism and irrelevant grants of summary judgment under Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act for employment discrimination cases by the U.S. courts. It discusses in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Ricci v. DeStefano that the Court granted plaintiff the improper summary judgment on the basis of cultural cognition and cognitive illiberalism. It also discusses the U.S. Supreme Court case of Scott v. Harris in this approach.