It is no more appropriate for the courts than it is for individual employers to decide whether a woman's reproductive role is more important to herself and her family than her economic role.
Judge Pauley also raised questions about the separation of powers, asking whether it was appropriate for the courts to intervene in an issue that involves a decision by state legislators.
"When you look at something like marriage, which the Supreme Court 14 times has said is a fundamental right for all citizens, when you're denying someone that right, it's absolutely appropriate for the courts to step in.
Third, I am uncertain about the Court's determination of adequacy of representation, and do not believe it appropriate for this Court to second-guess the District Court on the matter without first having the Court of Appeals consider it.
It is therefore appropriate for this court to consider these defenses on the merits.
It is entirely appropriate for the Court to follow the same procedure in this action.
Officials there and advocates for the disabled consider the facts in the case appropriate for a court test of the applicability of the law.
"It hardly seems appropriate for a court not to enforce one of its orders because a party will breach another of its obligations," she said.
It is hardly appropriate for this Court to now argue with this legislative policy shift towards concurrent jurisdiction, and seek to restore exclusive jurisdiction for the OHRC.
