sentences:  Whether the FMLA was constitutional depended on whether Congress had evidence that the states were systematically violating women's workplace rights.Citing "Bradwell v. Illinois" and "Goesaert v. Cleary", the majority acknowledged that there was a long history of legally sanctioned discrimination against women in employment opportunities.Congress, the majority said, first responded to this inequality by passing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.