West Michigan woman says employer discriminated because she was divorcing

A former non-profit employee said she was fired from her job because she was divorcing and didn't attempt to reconcile her marriage. Article here.The employee's supervisors at the Christian non-profit gave her paid time off to work on her marriage, and attempted to "help" the situation with recommended counseling, among other things.

She's suing in Federal District court because she contends she was treated differently than men have been under similar circumstances at her workplace.

Affirmative action case before US Supreme Court today

In a landmark case decided a decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court said the University of Michigan Law School could do so. Today, the high court will be asked if Michigan voters had the right in 2006 to strip that authority away.

Oral argument begins at 1pm, click this link to get to live feed of oral argument.