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Old 09-18-2020, 10:43 PM   #1
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I loved how she picked her battles so carefully, incrementally demonstrating how the law discriminated on the basis of gender, and taking cases with both male and female plaintiffs to really ram the point home.
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Old 09-19-2020, 02:02 PM   #2
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I loved how she picked her battles so carefully, incrementally demonstrating how the law discriminated on the basis of gender, and taking cases with both male and female plaintiffs to really ram the point home.
This was smart in a number of ways. One of which is popular opinion was allowed to keep pace. Now that we're in a place where the Supremes are out of touch with a fair percentage of the population Justice Roberts sensibly is trying to moderate the decisions.
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