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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ain't No Oprah Winfrey

The Supreme Court ruled, 7-2 yesterday in AT&T v. Hulteen, that women denied credits toward their pension for their pregnancies in the 1960s and '70s—before it became illegal—were not the victims of gender discrimination. The question came down to whether AT&T could rely on past discriminatory practices—before 1978 pregnant women were denied disability leave granted to men—to calculate pensions. Writing for the majority, David Souter found that... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)