A Federal Case.
Narrowing the Nation's Power: The Supreme Court Sides with the States, by John T. Noonan Jr. (California, 212 pp., $24.95) Judge Noonan-a distinguished member of the Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a professor emeritus of law at Boalt Hall-is on the warpath. His...

Allow all religions or none.
Byline: ON THE JOB By Dan Grinfas / Bureau of Labor and Industries For The Register-Guard Q: My husband and I own a small business, and our newest saleswoman, Wendy, decorated her office with some religious items, including little Buddha statues. We were afraid to say anything...

Doctors' Conscientious Objection to Abortion Threatened.
Criticism continues to mount in the wake of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) November 2007 report calling for limits on the right of health care workers to conscientiously object to abortion. Opinions issued by ACOG influence the process for doctors seeking licenses and certification...

Children and disabled pushed away; Housing discrimination persists despite federal law.
Byline: Thomas Caywood Franklin Sagbay and Julia Campuzano already had paid a $725 security deposit on a Worcester apartment late last year when they showed up to get the keys from the landlord. They left empty-handed and as victims of illegal housing discrimination - a...

Chilling effect: the great white north's brave new world.
CANADA is no longer a free country. That's the inescapable conclusion for anyone following the country's "human rights" tribunals. For five days straight, starting on June 2, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal held a hearing in Vancouver to determine whether NATIONAL REVIEW's Mark Steyn and the...

Employers can set rules for grooming.
Byline: ON THE JOB by Dan Grinfas For The Register-Guard Q: Can an employer require a prospective male employee to shave a beard and cut off a neat and clean ponytail as a prerequisite to employment? The job I applied for is not in food service but...

Job applicant not required to reveal her pregnancy.
Byline: On the Job by Bureau of Labor & Industries For The Register-Guard Q: I operate a small restaurant in Eugene, and employee attendance is critical for us because of our limited staff. I asked one of my current waitresses during her job interview if there was...

Beacon Hill `nannies' want to protect short, fat folks.
COLUMN: EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE; IN OUR OPINION The Massachusetts Legislature must have more important work to attend to than consideration of a dubious bill to add height and weight to the state's anti-discrimination law. The bill would cover places of employment, landlords and real estate actions....

The developing labor law; the board, the courts, and the National Labor Relations Act, 5th ed.; 2v.
9781570185724 The developing labor law; the board, the courts, and the National Labor Relations Act, 5th ed.; 2v. Ed. by John E. Higgins et al. BNA Books 2007 3349 pages $685.00 Hardcover KF3369...

Sikhs fight discrimination.
Facing mounting discrimination since the September 11 terrorist attacks, a number of Sikh-American groups have begun a campaign to explain their religion to the American public and to differentiate their beliefs from those of Muslims. There have been more than 600 reported instances of discrimination and violence...