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Showing posts with label age discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label age discrimination. Show all posts
Monday, June 10, 2024

From the Washington Post: A restaurant wanting a ‘grown and sexy’ vibe bans diners under 30

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This is age discrimination. Is it legal? Can it be successfully challenged? How?  - Click here for the article .  When Marvin Pate and his w...
Monday, November 16, 2015

From Esquire: Two U.S. States Might Lower the Drinking Age to 18

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Who says the future's not bright? - Click here for the story . Voters in California could soon decide whether to lower the state'...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

From ScotusBlog: Court denies gun rights cases (UPDATED)

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ScotusBlog's Lyle Dennison tries to explain why the Supreme Court decided to not hear the Second Amendment cases we've been discussi...
Friday, April 5, 2013

The New Unemployables

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I'll post a few items that try to help explain why the unemployment rate is so high, especially since corporate profits are up, and the ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The Supreme Court will hear a case regarding age discrimination

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From ScotusBlog : The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether state and local government workers may file constitutional claims o...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

From The Texas Tribune: A Boom on Texas Roads

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Policymakers in the state are trying to figure out how public policies need to be changed in order to accommodate the huge number of baby bo...
Sunday, April 1, 2012

Two Senators introduce legislation to overturn Supreme Court case

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File this under checks and balances as well as civil rights. The NYT points out that Senators Harkin and Grassley have introduced the Pr...
Friday, March 23, 2012

On Age Discrimination in Hiring

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From Michael Kinsley in Bloomberg , something for 2301s to consider as we discuss civil rights: Of all the forms of discrimination that the ...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Old People Behind the Wheel

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My favorite example of justifiable discrimination . Would legislation demanding that old folks retake drivers exams survive an equal protect...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Age Discrimination: Gross v. FBL Financial Services

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Members of Congress are attempting to reverse the results of a Supreme Court ruling on age discrimination. The case is Gross v. FBL Financ...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Age Discrimination Upheld

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The Supreme Court has, by a 5-4 vote, made it more dificult to prove age discrimination. The case is Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc ...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Age Discrimination Revisited: How Old is Tool Old to Raise a Grandkid?

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We've discussed age discrimination in terms of driving, and suggested that maybe driving tests for older drivers may not be found to vi...
Sunday, December 7, 2008

Old and Deadly

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Another story on our age discrimination theme : Police say they don't know why an elderly driver crashed into the rear of another vehicl...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Driver's Tests for the Elderly?

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Didn't we talk about this type of thing in class yesterday ? An elderly driver hurtled through barricades into a crowd lined up for a Ch...