NYTimes: SCOTUS ruling on medical leave "divorced from history and reality."

A New York Times (3/24, Subscription Publication) editorial says, "In 2003, the Supreme Court held that state governments could be sued for violating their employees' right to take time off for family emergencies, guaranteed in the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. This week, by a 5-to-4 vote, the court held that states cannot, however, be sued if they do not let their workers take time off for their own serious medical problems." The Times argues that the 2003 decision applies to the self-care provision in FMLA, so "the five conservative male justices reached a result divorced from history and reality."