Where Feds Fail on #MeToo, States May Step In

Feb. 13, 2018, 1:00 PM UTC

• Congress hasn’t responded to the #MeToo movement, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg notes • New suit by N.Y. attorney general against embattled movie executive Harvey Weinstein shows states might be able to fill void • Suit brought under same expansive power that allowed N.Y. attorney general to sue over Trump University

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg faulted Congress for not responding to the #MeToo movement, which has shined a light on sexual harassment in the workplace, during an interview Feb. 11 at Columbia University in New York.

In the meantime, a New York lawsuit over embattled movie executive Harvey Weinstein suggests that states ...

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