The Hill News

After losing the women’s vote in November, the White House and congressional Democrats will be watching the Supreme Court closely next spring when it hears an appeal by Wal-Mart in a class-action employment-discrimination case.

The issue at stake is not about gender-discrimination; rather, the focus is whether or not the case can move forward based on the commonality of the class. While two lower courts â€" most recently the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in San Francisco â€" ruled that the case could go forward, the dissenting opinions raised some serious concerns about why it should not.

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