Child support
Hearing the case of a man who was jailed for not paying child support, the Supreme Court
ruled that “states must have procedural safeguards in place to help determine whether the parent is able to comply with the support order” but that they are not entitled to a state-provided lawyer.
Workplace discrimination
Justice Scalia can be
kind of a dick, but I’ve got to give him credit for throwing water on the
Wal-Mart workplace discrimination lawsuit. Here’s Scalia, writing in the
majority opinion:
On the facts of the case, significant proof that Wal-Mart operated under a general policy of discrimination. That is entirely absent here… In a company of Wal-Mart's size and geographical scope, it is quite unbelievable that all managers would exercise their discretion in a common way without some common direction.
Well said Your Honor.
