Supreme Court Takes Gay And Transgender Discrimination Case

[seer]

I don't see how they can find for the plaintiffs since the Civil Rights Act does not apply to orientation...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would decide whether a federal law prohibits employers from discriminating against gay and transgender workers.

The law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, forbids employment discrimination based on sex. The question for the justices is whether that language bars discrimination based on sexual orientation or transgender status.

Most federal appeals courts have interpreted the law to exclude sexual orientation discrimination. But two of them, in New York and Chicago, recently issued decisions ruling that discrimination against gay men and lesbians is a form of sex discrimination.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case from New York, Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, No. 17-1623, along with one from Georgia that came to the opposite conclusion, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, No. 17-1618.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/u...employees.html

[guacamole]

Hmmm... which way will Roberts go on this one? Any predictions?

[seer]

Hmmm... which way will Roberts go on this one? Any predictions?

If he follows the law and the intent of the law there is only one way to go.

[One Bad Pig]

I don't see how they can find for the plaintiffs since the Civil Rights Act does not apply to orientation...

If they can find that the 14th Amendment somehow applies to abortion....

[seer]

If they can find that the 14th Amendment somehow applies to abortion....

We will see...

[Terraceth]

The claim the Civil Rights Act as currently written applies to sexually orientation seems highly questionable to me, but I'll admit to not being particularly familiar with the arguments and casework. Whether it applies to transgenderism is a more interesting question.