SCOTUS holds that federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act applies to all state and local govern

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: SCOTUSblog

SCOTUS holds that federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act applies to all state and local governments, regardless of how many employees they have (case page in Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido here).

Read more: http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mount-lemmon-fire-district-v-guido/

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That's all I have right now. Robert Barnes is writing the story as we speak. Here's the decision. It was 8 - 0.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/17-587_n7ip.pdf

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SCOTUSblog Retweeted:

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Decision was unanimous, vote of 8-0. Justice Kavanaugh had not yet joined the court.

Link to tweet

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Unanimous decision. Lunch is on Roberts.

[hlthe2b]

1. Finally one good decision... n/t

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

2. Cynical Me! Setting up for 75yo Retirement Age. n/t

[onenote]

3. Care to explain?

[not fooled]

4. No more Social Security, pensions for the peasantry

= work til you drop dead

[onenote]

6. How does this decision have any relationship to your comment?

And do you think it would have better had the court found that these state employees were not protected by the ADEA?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. My advice to you:

The long version:

[onenote]

8. And my question to you: would you prefer that the court had held state employees were not protected

by the ADEA?

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

5. No.

[cstanleytech]

9. Will they try to use this to say presidential pardons now to state crimes as well?