We've had a very activist Supreme Court, especially in the last 10 or 15 years.
It's even more unfortunate they followed through on that threat by obstructing and stalling the process.
I've never heard that done by either party, for a President of either party.
We had to fight for 3 weeks while it was being stalled after her nomination had been endorsed unanimously by the Judiciary Committee.
It is very clear that Congress did not intend age discrimination to be treated differently from any of the other types of discrimination.
I know at the time I was pretty surprised with such an activist court.
The plaintiffs' job in court will be much more difficult.
In my view that's a resounding yes in these cases they misinterpreted Congressional intent and they distort the purposes of these laws.
Don't worry about being delicate with the Senate.
The failure to prosecute those guilty of torture, genocide, and other war crimes makes it more likely that such crimes will be repeated.
It is absolutely unacceptable that this is the only human rights case that has been filed by the DOJ.