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Landry said he sees gaming as a way to subvert the status quo...
...says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "But there's certainly nothing wrong with helping a friend, and Hubbell was a powerful guy with connections to the President. And no one so far has been able to make the direct charge that there was any sort of quid pro quo for Hubbell...
Some bipartisan support has begun to emerge for proposals that move us toward a fully-funded, privatized system. Unfortunately, defenders of the status quo have promulgated a series of myths that undermine efforts to reform the current system...
...sociability. And despite the alleged implied threats, she suffered no tangible detriment, but received promotions and pay raises. Nonetheless, she quit her job and sued Burlington for not sanctioning Slowik. Last summer, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals sympathized with Ellerth, essentially ruling that one does not need the quo in order to prove quid pro quo sexual harassment...
...change that. Indeed, because most companies pay settlements to make cases disappear, it should be sobering that even Jones' weak case got as far as it did. If business groups had their way, judges would limit standing for sexual-harassment cases to ones claiming a strict quid pro quo. Wright's ruling did not do that. It merely said that Jones, who had little credible evidence of a quid pro quo or a hostile environment, could not win her lawsuit...