Since I'm not getting any younger, I found yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in the case of Gomez-Perez v. Potter particularly delightful.
In this case involving a U.S. Postal Service employee, the Court decided that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act applies to federal workers as well as the explicitly named private sector employees.
The Bush administration apparently disagrees. According to the Washington Post, "The Bush administration, which is backing workers in other age bias cases at the high court, said the ADEA does not afford federal workers protection from retaliation. It said Congress could have extended protections to federal workers, but didn't."
It's a good sign that the majority of the Supremes decided in favor of the workers rather than the Bushies.
Justices Roberts, Thomas, and Scalia dissented.
>> Read the Supreme Court's full decision. (PDF)
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