State of Iowa v. Abraham K. Watkins

CADY, Chief Justice (dissenting).

I respectfully dissent. Sexual harassment will not end until it is seen as serious enough to end.

Over a century ago, in 1910, a pharmacist from Floyd County named Matye Carragher challenged a law that disqualified female pharmacists from selling intoxicating liquors. In re Carragher , 149 Iowa 225, 226, 128 N.W. 352, 352 (1910). We rejected her claim. Id. at 228-30, 128 N.W. at 353-54. We rejected it not because we did not strive to do justice, but because we could not see the injustice in her claim. We simply could not see then what is perfectly evident…