Supreme Court rules LGBT workers
are protected from job discrimination
Posted By: Ribicon, 6/15/2020 10:53:44 AM
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that existing civil rights legislation protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment. The court’s 6-3 decision, written by Trump appointee Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, said a provision in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as Title VII that bars job discrimination because of sex, also covers gay and lesbian workers. The court’s four liberal justices – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Stephen Bryer – agreed. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanugh dissented.
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Times Square as ‘gun-free zone’ despite
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election official says, despite US Supreme
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Former Obama wingman Eric Holder warns
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