So, about this Texas lawsuit ...
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The states assert that "influential legal treatises" say "'gender identity' is not within the ambit of Title VII."pic.twitter.com/VhGSUfAx0Z
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But, as an eagle-eyed reader noted, those are not the most recent edition of the treatise! http://www.bna.com/employment-discrimination-law-p17179870381/ …pic.twitter.com/2zTqphyFVi
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The 2015 edition has a whole section detailing the evolving law in this area:pic.twitter.com/phEHqMiXnO
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"Based on these
#SCOTUS decisions, several federal courts have rejected an earlier line of cases" and held that#trans people ...1 reply 13 retweets 2 likes -
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... "are protected under Title VII and other statutes that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex," the 2015 edition states.
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So the current edition of the "influential legal treatise[]" cited by Texas asserts the opposite of the conclusion for which Texas cites it.
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Oh, wow. SO. We've got more here: Even the 4th edition of the treatise doesn't say what Texas and
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From
@UCDavisLaw prof@BRSoucek, my eagle-eyed source on this:pic.twitter.com/1PnvZs2vOH
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Here's the 4th edition's section on #trans discrimination coverage under Title VII:pic.twitter.com/GZfCezpBhD
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tl;dr: The states suing the Obama admin cited to an old edition of a treatise, citing it inaccurately, to claim something not there.
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