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	<title>Comments on: Courts using Ledbetter decision to &#8216;undermine civil rights principles across the board.&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5414186</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Way to f uck over the people, SCOTUS.  

Doing the job they were appointed to do...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Way to f uck over the people, SCOTUS.  </p>
<p>Doing the job they were appointed to do&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5414186', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: fletc3her</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5413900</link>
		<dc:creator>fletc3her</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the Leadbetter case the discriminatory actions occurred every time she received a paycheck.  It is ridiculous to say that discrimination occurred on the first pay check and then every other paycheck is fine.

I do believe that a statute of limitations is reasonable in cases like this, but it should mean that the worker can only receive an adjustment to their paychecks for the last several years, not that their complaint has to be made within so many years of being hired.

I don&#039;t know what has gone wrong with the courts, but they don&#039;t seem to be applying common sense these days.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the Leadbetter case the discriminatory actions occurred every time she received a paycheck.  It is ridiculous to say that discrimination occurred on the first pay check and then every other paycheck is fine.</p>
<p>I do believe that a statute of limitations is reasonable in cases like this, but it should mean that the worker can only receive an adjustment to their paychecks for the last several years, not that their complaint has to be made within so many years of being hired.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know what has gone wrong with the courts, but they don&#8217;t seem to be applying common sense these days.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413900', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: rastaman</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5413868</link>
		<dc:creator>rastaman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fourteen Defining Characteristics of Fascism

   # 2. Disdain for the importance of human rights. The regimes themselves viewed human rights as of little value and a hindrance to realizing the objectives of the ruling elite. Through clever use of propaganda, the population was brought to accept these human rights abuses by marginalizing, even demonizing, those being targeted. When abuse was egregious, the tactic was to use secrecy, denial, and disinformation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVVa1IvHdKc</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fourteen Defining Characteristics of Fascism</p>
<p>   # 2. Disdain for the importance of human rights. The regimes themselves viewed human rights as of little value and a hindrance to realizing the objectives of the ruling elite. Through clever use of propaganda, the population was brought to accept these human rights abuses by marginalizing, even demonizing, those being targeted. When abuse was egregious, the tactic was to use secrecy, denial, and disinformation.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVVa1IvHdKc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVVa1IvHdKc</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413868', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5413558</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Saddler Says: 

I therefore have no choice but to call for the impeachment and removal of the following Justices: Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas. &lt;/em&gt;

A good case can be made against Thomas, since of all of them he flatly refuses to consider prior law or precedent, and just makes each argument up as he goes along.  The others at least try to construct a legal argument based on laws and past rulings.  Which is something.</description>
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<p>I therefore have no choice but to call for the impeachment and removal of the following Justices: Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas. </em></p>
<p>A good case can be made against Thomas, since of all of them he flatly refuses to consider prior law or precedent, and just makes each argument up as he goes along.  The others at least try to construct a legal argument based on laws and past rulings.  Which is something.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413558', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5413540</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh yeah, people think they can sue for sex discrimination or sexual harrassment, but they can&#039;t.  First they have to go through a process with their state agency responsible for it, and let them deal with it.  Then they wait.  Some state agencies are better than others at dealing with this, and some are simply execrable.  If the state agency hasn&#039;t dropped your claim without due process, or made up a settlement on your behalf, then you may be able to file suit.  After forced arbitration, of course.

In any case, it&#039;s clear that this system exists for the sole purpose of keeping wronged parties from having access to the legal system.  

Now imagine what conservatives would say if this sort of process were applied to, say, wrongful death suits!

The fact that the legal system has signed off on such an abrogation of the powers of their own branch of government is almost as sickening as the fact that the executive branch stole it.  Ditto the whole habeus corpus thing; rights of the accused aside, it&#039;s an abrogation of the rights of the courts to hear cases.  The same could be said for the legislature&#039;s refusal to enforce their own subpeonas.  Each branch of government has only as much power as it&#039;s willing to claim, and only one branch has been fighting for their own power for the past eight years, at the expense of the others, and of America in general.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh yeah, people think they can sue for sex discrimination or sexual harrassment, but they can&#8217;t.  First they have to go through a process with their state agency responsible for it, and let them deal with it.  Then they wait.  Some state agencies are better than others at dealing with this, and some are simply execrable.  If the state agency hasn&#8217;t dropped your claim without due process, or made up a settlement on your behalf, then you may be able to file suit.  After forced arbitration, of course.</p>
<p>In any case, it&#8217;s clear that this system exists for the sole purpose of keeping wronged parties from having access to the legal system.  </p>
<p>Now imagine what conservatives would say if this sort of process were applied to, say, wrongful death suits!</p>
<p>The fact that the legal system has signed off on such an abrogation of the powers of their own branch of government is almost as sickening as the fact that the executive branch stole it.  Ditto the whole habeus corpus thing; rights of the accused aside, it&#8217;s an abrogation of the rights of the courts to hear cases.  The same could be said for the legislature&#8217;s refusal to enforce their own subpeonas.  Each branch of government has only as much power as it&#8217;s willing to claim, and only one branch has been fighting for their own power for the past eight years, at the expense of the others, and of America in general.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413540', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Saddler</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5413442</link>
		<dc:creator>Saddler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Certain Justices are depriving people of their livelihood and ability to enjoy their freedoms. I therefore have no choice but to call for the impeachment and removal of the following Justices: Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas. 

Throwing the country into a downturn spiral should never be a lifetime job.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Certain Justices are depriving people of their livelihood and ability to enjoy their freedoms. I therefore have no choice but to call for the impeachment and removal of the following Justices: Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas. </p>
<p>Throwing the country into a downturn spiral should never be a lifetime job.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413442', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: LibertyLover</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5413440</link>
		<dc:creator>LibertyLover</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is good news that Congress will take this up again. Truly an embarrassing unequal treatment under the law.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is good news that Congress will take this up again. Truly an embarrassing unequal treatment under the law.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413440', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5413422</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If I used Republican root cause analysis, I could claim their &quot;Drill Baby Drill&quot; protests caused our financial system meltdown.  

But I won&#039;t, as it&#039;s patently absurd.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I used Republican root cause analysis, I could claim their &#8220;Drill Baby Drill&#8221; protests caused our financial system meltdown.  </p>
<p>But I won&#8217;t, as it&#8217;s patently absurd.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413422', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: woodguy</title>
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		<dc:creator>woodguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The GOP Bill of Rights: We usurp your rights, then send you the bill.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The GOP Bill of Rights: We usurp your rights, then send you the bill.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413398', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Cats r Flyfishn</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5413372</link>
		<dc:creator>Cats r Flyfishn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s see what happens in the Senate.  The Democrats may be able to convince one of the Senators from Maine to support this bill.

Or, just let the Republicans filibuster.  It would do the public good to see the Republican Senators make fools of themselves just like the Republicans in Congress did back in the &quot;drill baby drill&quot; August recess.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s see what happens in the Senate.  The Democrats may be able to convince one of the Senators from Maine to support this bill.</p>
<p>Or, just let the Republicans filibuster.  It would do the public good to see the Republican Senators make fools of themselves just like the Republicans in Congress did back in the &#8220;drill baby drill&#8221; August recess.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413372', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Uncle Ho</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5413364</link>
		<dc:creator>Uncle Ho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rethugs believe that the proper place for women is in the church, the kitchen, and pregnant.  Not necessarily in that order.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rethugs believe that the proper place for women is in the church, the kitchen, and pregnant.  Not necessarily in that order.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413364', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/ledbetter-courts/comment-page-1/#comment-5413352</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Supremes sided with corporations over injured citizens time after time.  Don&#039;t forget the Exxon Valdez decision.  

Bush isn&#039;t alone in his ability to corporafornicate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Supremes sided with corporations over injured citizens time after time.  Don&#8217;t forget the Exxon Valdez decision.  </p>
<p>Bush isn&#8217;t alone in his ability to corporafornicate.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413352', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: raynman</title>
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		<dc:creator>raynman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fair pay??  What are we, some sort of capitalist country!!


oh, wait....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fair pay??  What are we, some sort of capitalist country!!</p>
<p>oh, wait&#8230;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5413346', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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