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Good legal news. The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld the rights of Gay and Trans people against being fired for their orientation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/gay-transgender-workers-supreme-court.html
But the manner in which they did so has some risks. First, the opinion written by Gorsuch says that you can't fire someone for being Gay or Trans without also firing them on sex discrimination grounds. Ergo Title VII which outlaws firing on sex grounds makes it impossible to fire someone legally on grounds of being Gay or Trans.
The worrying part of this is that Title VII is law and therefore can be changed by Congress. Had they decided based on the 14th Amendment, the rights would be safer.
Nevertheless, this was unexpected good news, since the court is 5-4 conservative.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/gay-transgender-workers-supreme-court.html
But the manner in which they did so has some risks. First, the opinion written by Gorsuch says that you can't fire someone for being Gay or Trans without also firing them on sex discrimination grounds. Ergo Title VII which outlaws firing on sex grounds makes it impossible to fire someone legally on grounds of being Gay or Trans.
The worrying part of this is that Title VII is law and therefore can be changed by Congress. Had they decided based on the 14th Amendment, the rights would be safer.
Nevertheless, this was unexpected good news, since the court is 5-4 conservative.