Round-Up

In today’s New York Times, Linda Greenhouse reports here on the Ledbetter ruling, making it more difficult for workers to sue employers for pay discrimination; Paul Secunda has these thoughts at the Workplace Prof Blog. Aaron Streett’s latest Supreme Court Update, discussing yesterday’s opinion and orders, is available here at Baker Botts. At the TaxProf Blog, Paul Caron has this post on the Court’s decision to grant certiorari in CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Georgia Board of Equalization.

At the Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog, University of Denver Law Professor J. Robert Brown Jr. has this analysis of the recusals in the Stoneridge grant and the implications for the Court’s consideration of the Fifth Circuit’s Enron litigation.

Rick Hasen discusses the Sanchez v. City of Modesto appellate court case, in which the Modesto City Council has decided to file a cert. petition to the High Court, here at the Election Law Blog.

In the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, there are several articles discussing the Supreme Court’s April Gonzales v. Carhart ruling, including: this article from George J. Annas discussing the constitutional law of reproductive liberty and the Court’s recent Carhart decision; this perspective by R. Alta Charo entitled “The Partial Death of Abortion Rights”; this perspective from Michael F. Greene describing “the intimidating environment surrounding pregnancy terminations” as a result of the ruling; and this editorial by Jeffrey M. Drazen stating that “the Supreme Court has sanctioned the intrusion of legislation into the day-to-day practice of medicine.”