David vs. Ms. Goliath

In 2000, Betty Dukes, then a Wal-Mart employee and still a very courageous woman, brought a suit against the retail giant, claiming discrimination.  By the time the suit got to the Supreme Court in 2011, it had grown to include a million plaintiffs.  On June 20 of last year, the nation’s highest court threw the case out, stating basically that while the plaintiffs may have been discriminated against, their cases were too dissimilar to be heard as one giant case.

I imagine there will be just as many dissimilar feelings about this case among the readers of this blog.  But there is one thing I think we can all agree on: watching our system of justice at work is like watching a finely choreographed ballet.  You and I may or may not like the way the dance ends, but watching it unfold is fascinating.

In other news … tune in to this Wednesday’s broadcast of Women Warriors Blog Talk Radio, where I’ll be chatting with other women warriors about courage, being chosen for great things, and why hair just isn’t that important!