SCOTUS Strikes Again

Breaking News from Reuters: The US Supreme Court has ruled for Wal-Mart in the landmark class-action gender discrimination case, in which women sought to sue Wal-Mart for institutional gender bias.

Female employees asserted that Wal-Mart routinely discriminated against them in pay and promotions, with male coworkers getting higher salaries for the same work and promotions despite less experience.

You can read the opinion here (pdf).

In other news, the US Supreme Court rejected a climate change lawsuit against five big power companies. That decision is here (pdf).

America 2.0: Of the people corporations, by the people corporations, for the people corporations.

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