Posted on 04/02/2012 10:17:01 AM PDT by jazusamo
I guess I’m missing something. In the two cases cited in the article where is the government or bureaucrats involved?
I doubt either suit would have been filed if loser was required to pay court and attorney fees.
Tell us what we do while the Abomination of Desolation is in the White House and his running dog lackeys run the Senate.
Here's a thought for you ~ the Nixon, Ford and Carter regimes spent many millions of dollars fighting just me over three veterans preference issues that affected pretty much just me.
Now they didn't spend it all at once, and in fact there were no more than 3 or 4 lawyers on their side for most of the time, but then one day Marvin Runyon was talked into running an enormous RIF at USPS Headquarters and the Regional offices.
Thousands of people were displaced, and Veterans' Preference wasn't recognized.
Surprise, surprise ~ got together with the ringleaders of the resistance, got their lawyers' names, and sent them copies of my THREE CIVIL SERVICE WINS ~ and bingo, it cost you, the postage payer, and you other guys the taxpayers, well over a hundred million dollars to reinstate those folks properly and do it right.
You wouldn't have had to pay the costs if ONE GUY had given me an honest answer in 1972 ~ but, he didn't. I was just one guy, one veteran, and he thought I shouldn't have any special rights to be reinstated in my job after military service.
Well, just darn, ................
The government bureaucrats may be smart but the lawyers at Sears are clever ~ they snaked their way right out of the conflict, and that is always the cheapest way. Grease those squeaky wheels first.
Quite ironic that we have a republican form of government composed of (supposedly) three separate and independent branches which, as of this date, is run, almost entirely, by officers of the court i.e. lawyers!
” I guess I’m missing something. In the two cases cited in the article where is the government or bureaucrats involved? “
[from the original article at the top of this thread]
“Federal Express paid $3 million to settle an employment discrimination case brought by the U.S. Department of Labor. “
You’re correct, I missed it. I still believe it would curtail abusive suits though. Bureaucrats in the Labor and other Depts would be reined in if not from higher ups then by fed judges. It would be worth a try but it won’t happen.
Sometime in the seventies, I believe, the notion of “de facto discrimination” was given life in the Federal Court. I believe it was Judge Jack B. Weinstein that gave birth to this succubus. In essence it says that, if there is a statistical disparity in the races in things like housing or employment then it will be assumed that discrimination is afoot and damages will flow. This has reprehensibly crept into present day life as accepted wisdom. Of course this does not hold true for the NBA, the NFL or The Nation of Islam.
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It was in quotes.
Great post. When I went with the family to my S-I-L’s law school graduation, I believe I was the only who felt nervous around over 200 attorney’s and shook my head at the waste of brainpower.
” Quite ironic that we have a republican form of government composed of (supposedly) three separate and independent branches which, as of this date, is run, almost entirely, by officers of the court i.e. lawyers!”
Ironic and disgusting. Notice how they always exempt themselves from laws, and rules that we must abide by : )
Perfect! Thanks for posting!
” (Proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs it. C.S. Lewis) “
NOT a waste of brain power : )
Wow. Sowell 2012!
See now, if we elected a black POtUS that would establish the precedent that discrimination is a thing of the past, and we could get away from all this skin-color malarky.Well, it sounded like a good theory . . .
You left out the CBC NAACP, and LaRaza.
Many liberals cling to the idea of the thoroughly disproved tabula rasa or blank slate theory where people are simply products of the environmnent where they grew up. Therefore, nobody really earned anything by themselves. Society (and big government) allowed these people to gain whatever they’ve gained, so if big government takes it away from them, it’s more than justified.
Bless Dr. Sowell. A modern day Prophet. BTTT.
You may have been kidding here, but I'd seriously love to see someone bring up a lawsuit like that on the basis that congress doesn't represent the diversity of occupations in the country.
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