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...females, who worked in a women's jail, guarded fewer inmates but had extra clerical duties. Relying on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a broad measure outlawing sex discrimination in the work place, the women sued. County officials maintained, however, that an amendment to Title VII offered by former Republican Senator Wallace Bennett of Utah incorporated a full set of restrictions contained in the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Under that law, suits are permissible only when both sexes perform "equal work...
...court to try to read Congress's mind in retrospect. Writing for the majority, Justice William Brennan agreed that "Title VII's prohibition of discriminatory employment practices was intended to be broadly inclusive." Surely, he argued, Congress did not intend to block suits such as this one, where the county's own job survey had concluded that the women's jobs should provide wages equal to 95% of the men's. Countered dissenting Justice William Rehnquist: "The court conveniently and persistently ignores relevant legislative history and instead relies wholly on what it believes Congress should...
...church if his will is contested." The petitioners were right. King Henry VIII of England had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn and wanted a son and heir by her. He was determined to put aside his wife, Catherine of Aragon. But when Catherine appealed to Pope Clement VII, the Pope ordered Henry to halt his annulment proceedings. Henry, as the 75 bishops and courtiers warned in their petition to Rome, would not allow his will to be contested. When the Pope refused, the King of England broke with Rome...
Being Prince of Wales was not without its sobering precedents either. Queen Victoria's son "Bertie," eventually Edward VII, had to wait nearly 60 years before he became King in 1901, and so dissipated himself passing the time that he was ill-prepared for the task. (Charles may have to wait almost as long, but rejects any suggestion that Queen Elizabeth cut short her reign, feeling that abdication undermines the mystique of the monarchy.) More sobering still was Charles' immediate predecessor, known after his 1936 abdication as the Duke of Windsor. His pitiful progress from resort...
...This is essentially a wonderful academic game," Guthrie said, adding, "It has absolutely no effect at all." She said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Executive Order 11246 already forbid federally funded institutions from discriminating on the basis of race, religion...