U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Guilty Until Proven Innocent

March 30,2005- The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for employers to be sued by their employees. The case involved older law officers in Jackson, Miss. suing the city for giving new officer recruits a disproportionately larger wage increase than was given to older officers. The city of Jackson argued they needed to give the younger recruits higher salaries to be more competitive in attracting personnel. The city actually won the case because they were not intentially discriminatory but also there reasons were justified. But the reality of the case will be a new cause for lawsuits. The city spent almost a $ 1 million in defending itself. They won but they lost money. The older officers did not get what they wanted but they didn't have to pay anything anyway because the case was on contingency. This case would not have gone to trail if the suing officers had to put up a $1 million to fight it.

The Supreme Court cracked the cupboard door for the whiskered attorneys by lowering the hurdle of this kind of lawsuit. The burden of proof will be on the defendants to show they were not biased another word for critical thinking when they formulate a business model.

I always thought one was innocent until proven guilty.

We need a" loser pays" legal system like the rest of the world. People who file lawsuits must risk the loss of money if they fail. Otherwise we will continue to lose jobs to more competitive legal systems around the world.

Our legal system does a better job of protecting morons than protecting people with critical thinking ability.