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Supreme Court rules that federal law protects gay and transgender workers from discrimination
On Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that a key provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination. Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, who authored the majority opinion, joined Justices Ginbsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan in the ruling. Justices Alito, Kavanaugh and Thomas dissented.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that a key provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination. Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, who authored the majority opinion, joined Justices Ginbsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan in the ruling. Justices Alito, Kavanaugh and Thomas dissented.
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BREAKING: In historic decision, Supreme Court rules Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, also applies to gay or transgender people.https://abcn.ws/2B6t4SS
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The 6-3 ruling, which also protects transgender people from discrimination in employment, is a resounding victory for LGBT rights. Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion and Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented.http://apne.ws/T8dfUzv
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The court decided by a 6-3 vote that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as Title VII also encompasses bias against LGBT workers. From
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Supreme Court says federal anti-discrimination laws protects LGBT workers. The decision is 6-3 with Gorsuch writing for the majority which includes Roberts, Ginbsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, & Kagan. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf …
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The decision in Bostock is combined with R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, on protections for transgender workers. Court says all LGBT workers are protected under federal law.
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Trump on today's big Supreme Court ruling on LGBT rights: "I've read the decision, and some people were surprised, but they've ruled and we live with their decision. That's what it's all about. We live with the decision of the Supreme Court ... a very powerful decision,"
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#BREAKING: President Trump responds to Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ worker rights: "They’ve ruled and we live with their decision." http://hill.cm/CsZjzs2 pic.twitter.com/CbtH4hHjL5Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Justice Neil M. Gorsuch and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joined the court’s liberals in the 6 to 3 ruling. They said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination “because of sex,” includes LGBTQ employees.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-says-gay-transgender-workers-are-protected-by-federal-law-forbidding-discrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex/2020/06/15/2211d5a4-655b-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html …
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Gorsuch acknowledges that "Those who adopted the Civil Rights Act might not have anticipated their work would lead to this particular result.... But the limits of the drafters’ imagination supply no reason to ignore the law’s demands."
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If you're surprised to see Gorsuch writing the SCOTUS opinion in today's landmark LGBT rights decision, you may also be surprised to see he's citing Antonin Scalia and Scalia's opinion in Oncale throughout. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/workers-cant-be-fired-for-being-gay-u-s-supreme-court-rules …pic.twitter.com/yQ8IKv4XbV
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Two of the court's Republican appointees, Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts, joined the court's Democratic appointees to deliver the surprising, 6-3 victory to LGBT advocates — with Gorsuch authoring the court's majority opinion https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/supreme-court-lgbt-rights-decision-319693 … via
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That Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion was viewed as a major coup by gay rights advocates. Winning Roberts over is also notable, since he joined the court's other conservatives in 2015 in vocal dissent from the landmark ruling finding a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
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Reminder: SCOTUS opinions are assigned by the chief justice or most senior justice in the majority. That means Roberts, who joined the Title VII opinion today, chose Gorsuch to write it.
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“The answer is clear.” Wrote Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s first
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Alito, joined by Thomas, dissents, stating: "There is only one word for what the Court has done today: legislation. The document that the Court releases is in the form of a judicial opinion interpreting a statute, but that is deceptive."
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Alito appends to his dissent 10 pages of various dictionaries' definitions of the word "sex."
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Meanwhile, Kavanaugh's dissent very much like Roberts's in Obergfell. Full of polite congratulations to the LGBTQ community but just saying it's not in the statute and needs to be for Congress. In a backhanded way, even that opinion (not Alito's) is a sign of political equality
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Kavanaugh in dissent:"It is appropriate to acknowledge the important victory achieved today by gay & lesbian Americans..They have advanced powerful policy arguments & can take pride in today’s result..However, I believe it was Congress’s role,not this Court’s,to amend Title VII."pic.twitter.com/kvbqE3q6Mo
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Supreme Court paves way for critical permit for proposed natural gas pipeline that would cross under the Appalachian Trail, siding with energy companies & Trump admin. The 7-2 ruling reverses lower court that blocked permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline.https://apnews.com/0315aa9e057106fe4590ad8c069ebc54 …
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The Supreme Court will not examine qualified immunity cases, a doctrine which has been spotlighted in the weeks following George Floyd's death.https://twitter.com/i/events/1272570779603853312 …
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Thomas, writing alone, dissents from the court's decision to not take up a qualified immunity case. He's questioned the doctrine before. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/061520zor_f2bh.pdf …pic.twitter.com/N1hIGVAHXT
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#SCOTUS also denies several Second Amendment cases that had been hanging out on its docket.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
U.S. Supreme Court snubs Trump on challenge to California 'sanctuary' lawshttps://reut.rs/2UKsTDG
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