Alito - "Hostile to Equality"

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meme it.

http://www.liberaloasis.com/archives/103005.htm#103105b

October 31, 2005 PERMALINK
Samuel Alito: Hostility to Equality
(posted Oct. 31 9 AM ET)
(minor edit Oct. 31 12 PM ET)

What's Samuel Alito's trademark? Hostility to equality.

The opinion that people will focus on the most was his desire to uphold a spousal notification provision in a PA abortion law that severely restricted reproductive freedom.

Most will look at his opinion to indicate opposition to Roe, and they should.

But fundamentally, it was an opinion that was dismissive of women's independence.

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He tried to make it easier for employers accused of sex discrimination to get the cases thrown out, saying that cases don't automatically deserve to go to trial when employers make excuses for discrimination and plaintiffs cast doubt on them.

Similarly, he tried to protect Marriott Hotels when it was found to discriminate against an African-American employee.

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