Tom Harkin actually said...

Our system of checks and balances, quite correctly, always gives Congress this prerogative.

I am not suggesting and do not mean to imply that a plaintiff in a discrimination case needs some kind of smoking gun in order to prevail.

What disturbs me lately, however, is the rhetoric that attaches itself to such efforts.

We cannot let the Supreme Court's wrong-headed decision stand in the way of the financial security of American families.