Chapter 14 Blog
Elena Kagan, Associate Justice. She was a deputy assistant for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council. It seems to have been a long road for her to get to where she is today. In Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the case was about a class action suit by women employees of Wal-Mart for discrimination, women making 81 cents to the men making a dollar. The women in the class action suit wanted back pay. There were massive amounts of women in this class action suit. Justice Scalia wrote for five members that there was not a single question that covered all the employees in the suit. The dissent, by Justice Ginsburg with other justices were, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. I agree with Justice Ginsburg that they should have sided with the lower court that the lawsuit was justified. Their practice of giving local discretion in employment decisions could bring on more discrimination.
Sparingly.You can’t go any higher for a decision.They have just so many cases they hear while they are in session.
There have been so many things that have changed since it was written.
Good research on your first question. Interesting...
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ReplyDeleteGood research here. Elena is an interesting person.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the Constitution should be kept relevant to the contemporary state of America but I feel that the foundations of the Constitution should not be changed; it's no accident that they have worked so well for this long.
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