Supreme Court dashes age discrimination law

The matchbox law crowd is at it again.

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court made it even harder to prove age discrimination. In direct contradiction to longstanding law, the Supremes ruled that employees had to prove age was the key factor in an employment decision - as opposed to just one of many factors.

Before anyone asks: Yes, it was 5 to 4. And yes, it was the same 5 GOP-appointed jurists who are almost always behind activist rulings like this.

This decision has already been likened to a previous Supreme Court ruling that made it harder to sue over past pay discrimination that was based on gender. That decision forced Congress to pass a new law to remedy it.

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