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If Congress is serious about protecting workers fromdiscrimination, it should consider more thoughtful proposals than effectively eliminating Title VII's limitations period.

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act would allow pay discriminationlawsuits to proceed years or even decades after allegeddiscrimination took place.

6 Min Read (Reuters) - Back in 2006, when Cheryl Kellogg was negotiating her starting salary as a life science teacher at an elite Indiana residential high school on the campus of Ball State University, the school’s co-director offered her $32,000 a year. Kellogg, who has a master’s degree and had been teaching for more than a decade in the medical laboratory technology program at a small college in Wyoming, said the offer seemed low. The school’s co-director, according to Kellogg, batted...

They are so progressive? seriously. >> remember the supreme court nominees were not the 88 cents on a dollar types. right? that obama put on the supreme court. this is not somebody who -- >> tucker: he put mediocre people on the court. >> these are people shirke peopt shirk away from advancing women and he didnt harass them. >> tucker: why didnt he pay them as much as men? >> historically they are under paid and that is a shame. >> tucker: why didnt he pay them more? >> its a function of where t...

>> remember the supreme court nominees were not the 88 cents on a dollar types. right? that obama put on the supreme court. this is not somebody who -- >> tucker: he put mediocre people on the court. >> these are people who didnt shirk away from advancing women and he didnt harass them. >> tucker: why didnt he pay them as much as men? >> historically they are under paid and that is a shame. >> tucker: why didnt he pay them more? >> its a function of wheret they were when he paid them. >> the led...

Can the justices find a way to punt if the lower courts are putting pressure on them to act? well, we turn now to an expert on these matters. with me for an addition of "opening arguments" is neal katyal, argued dozens of cases before the supreme court as a private attorney as well as president obamas acting solicitor general. good day to you. >> good day to you. ive missed you, ari. >> we miss each other. when you look at whats happening here, explain to us what does the supreme court do when i...

Litigation to sue but why should she have the burden on her to figure out she is not being paid the same amount? that should be the business of the leaders of these corporations. >> you call that the burden and this was something president obama was working on with congress. lets take a look at that when they passed the ledbetter act. >> lily could have accepted her lot and moved on. she could have decided that it wasnt worth the hassle and the harassment that would inevitably come with speaking...

Well-regarded washington law firm, would they like one of their partners to resist a congressional subpoena? subpoena means under penalty. he will be penalized if he resisted as will the law firm. >> and what is he afraid of at this point? >> well, i dont know what hes afraid of. we know what donald trump is afraid of. hes afraid of the truth. afraid of him saying, yes, i got a call at home from the president of the united states asking me to fire the special counsel. if thats not grounds for im...

The first thing im doing is singling to future litigants that i cant be a fair judge in their case because those issues keep coming up. all of these issues, as you point out, keep coming up. issues around all of these precedents will continue to be litigated. ive had post ledbetter act cases in my court. >> how do we have confidence in you that you wont just be for the big corporations, that you will be for the little man? this is the question that senator horono asked so well yesterday. those o...

Talked about the lily ledbetter act is condescending to women and doesnt they them although its a bill to help people. no matter how much you talk, ben, you cant deny the fact that trump represents your party. >> ben, the floor is yours. >> donald trump does not represent my party. its pretty obvious i cannot stand donald trump because i think he is a fraud and narcissist candidate and ive said that many times here. he has given insane amount of money to democratic candidates and this is one of ...