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...counts as sexual harassment, they and their liberal counterparts have consistently broadened the grounds on which Americans can sue for it. Every time the Supreme Court has ruled on workplace sexual harassment, it has broadened the scope of "standing" for those claims: from the simple, easily understood quid pro quo (if Clinton had said, "Kiss it, or you're fired," for example) to the more convoluted cases like those involving a "hostile work environment." Just last month the Supreme Court, usually hostile to gay rights, even allowed same-gender sexual-harassment cases to proceed. So the attitude seems...
...deadline for all-party agreement on Northern Ireland, says TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand. Unionist leader David Trimble today dismissed as unacceptable compromise proposals by U.S. mediator Senator George Mitchell. ?The Unionists are hanging tough to try and secure more concessions,? says Hillenbrand. ?They prefer the status quo in Northern Ireland and want to minimize the changes that result from the peace process...
...Governor of Arkansas inviting a state employee to his room, dropping his trousers and asking her to kiss it. And if Kathleen Willey is to be believed, then the classic Hollywood casting couch has been moved into the Oval Office--and if that is not a sexual quid pro quo, what...
...loved your nostalgic romp through the pages of the past 75 years. I think time is on your side, provided you realize that in this changing world, status quo is a dead language. Best of luck! JAMES GAULT Canberra, Australia
...very easy at Burlington." Ellerth interpreted this to mean that she would have to have sex with the executive, a vice president, in order to get ahead. But in fact she never slept with him--and she did get promoted. A lower court ruled that Ellerth suffered quid pro quo harassment anyway--without actual retribution. Jones' lawyers have cited this ruling prominently. Burlington appealed, and now the Justices must determine if quid pro quo harassment can include mere threats...