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A year ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court told Lilly Ledbetter "tough luck," in a 5-4 decision that made it much easier for corporations to get away with pay discrimination.


Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, says since the ruling,



lower courts have relied on that unjust ruling to deny relief to other victims of discrimination [and] President Bush's effort to make our highest court friendlier to employers that discriminate has prevailed.


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