With the legislative train poised to leave the station on this employment-law expansion, Andrew Grossman of Heritage urges members of Congress to stop and think before undercutting the principles behind statutes of limitation, which every advanced legal system have found a crucial check on the tendency of disputes otherwise to proliferate without limit.
"The Ledbetter Act: Sacrificing Justice for 'Fair' Pay"
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |



