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Debunking Myths of a Pro-Business Supreme Court
… New York Times , arguing that the Court led by Chief Justice John Roberts is the most business-friendly since World War ..... creating new ones. Per Professor Adler, the Roberts Court has not been "particularly welcoming to efforts …
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Empathy: Good for Business and Supreme Court
… explain why her background automatically renders her decisions more valid than those made by someone like Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. Both Sotomayor and Roberts have been praised as having brilliant legal minds. A Supreme Court …
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Lack of Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care Reform Keeps Experts Guessing
… Kushner says that if he were a gambling man, the court will uphold the entire act by a 6-3 decision with Chief Justice John Roberts in the majority. Kushner bases his prediction on a 2011 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District …
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HR Leaders Scrambling After Supreme Court's Health Care Reform Ruling
… to eliminate your plans." The high court's decision took many by surprise in part because conservative Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding vote, joining the court's four liberal justices. "The individual mandate cannot be upheld …
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Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform Law
… Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority. For employers, the decision means an end to the uncertainly they have faced since …
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Immigration Law Ruling Raises Employer Fears
… penalty’ by ‘hiring unauthorized workers.’ ” However, the majority, in the opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts , responded by saying license termination “is not an available sanction” for simply hiring unauthorized workers …
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Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Immigration Law on Hiring
… sanctionâ for simply hiring unauthorized workers, but only for â far more egregious violations of the law.â Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion. Justice Elena Kagan did not participate. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court …
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Justices Ask Tough Questions on Individual Mandate
… doubt that was what regulated was commerce, and here you're regulating somebody who isn't covered." Chief Justice John Roberts asked: If the government has the power to require buying health insurance, could it also require the purchase …
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Supreme Court Divided if Health Care Law Can Survive Without Mandate
… disagreed. "The more conservative approach would be salvage rather than throwing out everything." However, Chief Justice John Roberts warned of consequences to health insurers if the court struck down the mandate but allowed the rest of the …
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Supreme Court Rules for White Firefighters on Job-Test Case
… discriminatory tests were available to the city,â wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy for the majority that included Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Jr. â Fear of litigation alone cannot justify …
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Sotomayor to Change Perspective of Court, if Not Its Rulings
… itself to surprises when it comes to forecasting Supreme Court actions. A conservative-leaning court under Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has ruled in favor of employers in the high-profile Lilly Ledbetter pay discrimination suit but has upheld …
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Supreme Court Indicates Reluctance to Set Investment Fees
… fees,â said James Gregory, a partner at Proskauer Rose in New York who studied the argument transcript. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. was skeptical about the courtâ s ability to discern fee levels. For instance, what if a fund beats the …
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Supreme Court Puts Age Bias Burden of Proof on Plaintiff Font size=1UPDATED July 8, 2009-font size
… with its decision to engage in unnecessary lawmaking.â Leahy pointed out that the same justicesâ Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito Jr.â who ruled against Lilly Ledbetter …
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Court Considers Time Limits on Employment Discrimination Suits
… has to be demonstrated. The Chicago suit involves disparate impact, which does not require proving intent. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., a key vote in the Ledbetter majority, expressed concern that Chicagoâ s view of the statute of limitations …
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Workers' E-Privacy at Issue
… government. The Supreme Court would have to issue a broad decision for it to directly affect corporate practices. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts “has made it quite clear that the court is going to adhere to the tradition of ruling on …
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What to Do After iLaRue-i
… followed closely the Supreme Court’s decision in LaRue believe it was just this sort of situation that prompted Chief Justice John Roberts to express concern (in one of the separate opinions that accompanied the majority opinion) that courts hearing …
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Supreme Court Revisits Issue of Timing of Discrimination Suits
… itâ s OK to â ¦ discriminate intentionally, but itâ s illegal if that has a disparate impact,â said Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. Justice Anthony Kennedy expressed concern about how much changing its pension system would cost AT&T …
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High Court Confirms Alternate Avenue for Retaliation Claims
… â The decision doesnâ t have a big impact.â But it does reinforce the image of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts as a body that looks to the past when making its decisions. â They donâ t legislate from the bench, but rather …
