Word: rhenquist
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...civil rights, environmental protections, and gun control—are ultra-conservative and equally disturbing.In Chittister v. Department of Community and Economic Development, Alito ruled that the federal government could not force state governments to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act. Even Rhenquist was opposed to that position, and the Supreme Court overturned Alito’s opinion.On civil rights, Alito’s dissents in two other cases show that he would impose almost impossible evidentiary burdens on plaintiffs in race and sex discrimination cases. He also wrote an opinion in which he found it permissible...
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