Posted on 05/18/2009 1:36:12 PM PDT by Pontiac
Associated Press link only.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer dissented. No surprises here.
I guess I should also mention for those who can’t read the article in the WSJ that it was a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that was overturned. Again no surprises here.
Another rare win for the Constitution and the rule of law.
You’re not planning on leaving FR, are you?
In Other Court Action Monday
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- The court refused to delay the coming trial of former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson on bribery and other charges. The high court refused to hear an appeal by Mr. Jefferson to throw out the indictment against him. The former Democratic congressman has argued that prosecutors trampled on his constitutional privileges as a lawmaker. Mr. Jefferson was indicted in 2007 on multiple counts, including soliciting bribes and racketeering. Investigators raided Mr. Jefferson's home and found $90,000 in cash stuffed in a freezer.
Sweet!
Was just reading that.
Again no surprises in this courts announcements.
Well I for one was surprised that Souter wrote the majority decision.
No
Why do you ask?
Never can tell which way he will flop on any given issue.
Pontiac............. ;-) (Eyes pullin’ your leg)
They got this one wrong in my opinion.
Please elaborate.
Congress did not write the law to be retroactive so why should it be retroactive.
And in my opinion Congress should not be able to write such a law to be retroactive.
Such a law would impinge on the right to contract.
Women at the time should have been aware at the time of hire what the conditions of employment were with the company and what the employment consequences of pregnancy would be.
AT & T policy on maternity leave was the standard of major corporations at the time.
Why is it wrong? If a man took 3 months off for a sickness that would not be counted towards his retirement why should a maternity leave count then? The women just need to count the time off and work a little longer to qualify. I see nothing not fair about this. If we want to be treated as equals we have to do what is equal.
My experience has been that sick leave counted toward one’s pension. I worked at AT&T at the time in question. The company’s stated reason for not counting maternity leave toward to a woman’s seniority was that pregnancy was a voluntary act whereas, an illness isn’t voluntary.
We gotta have babies.
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