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    2019/10/08 · WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court appeared deeply divided Tuesday on a major civil rights question: whether gay and transgender people are covered by a federal law barring employment discrimination ...

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    2020/06/08 · Today, the US Supreme Court heard three cases that will clarify the scope of federal civil rights laws – and whether workers can be fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

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    2020/01/09 · In addition to several cases involving LGBT rights and employment discrimination, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide other disputes with implications for the education community. Among those so ...

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    2019/10/14 · The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in two of the term’s most closely watched cases over whether federal civil rights law protects LGBT people from job discrimination.The cases Tuesday ...

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  • Supreme Court to Rule on Gay, Transgender Employment Rights

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  • Landmark LGBT Discrimination Case Heads to Supreme Court

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    2019/10/29 · The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. On April 22, the high court said ...

  • LGBT rights in the United States - Wikipedia

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) people in the United States may face legal and social challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Many LGBT rights in the United States have been legalized by the United States Supreme Court, but they continue to vary by jurisdiction, and discrimination in jobs and housing is still legal in …

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  • U.S. Supreme Court takes up major gay, transgender …

    2019/04/22 · The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether U.S. law banning workplace discrimination on the basis of sex protects gay and transgender workers, as the conservative-majority court waded ...

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    2019/09/18 · To respect Civil Rights Act, Supreme Court must bar discrimination against LGBT people By Erwin Chemerinsky Special to …

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    2019/10/09 · LGBTQ activists and supporters hold a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in a major LGBT rights case on whether a federal anti-discrimination law that prohibits workplace discr

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    2019/10/07 · Three individual cases will be heard by the US Supreme Court on October 8 to determine whether or not LGBTQ people are protected from workplace discrimination under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The ...

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    2019/10/08 · The top court's liberal quartet indicated their agreement with the plaintiffs and the argument that LGBT workers should be covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights …

  • LGBT Americans look to Supreme Court after being …

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  • Argument analysis: Justices divided on federal protections ...

    2019/10/28 · Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars employment discrimination “because of … sex.” This morning, in a packed courtroom, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on whether Title VII protects gay, lesbian and transgender

  • Supreme Court to Decide Whether Landmark Civil Rights ...

    2019/04/22 · The Supreme Court will hear cases based on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which forbids employment discrimination based on sex, and whether it applies to sexual orientation or transgender status ...

  • Supreme Court to hear LGBTQ employment rights cases ...

    2020/05/20 · The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in three landmark cases for LGBTQ rights concerning workplace discrimination. The cases will determine if it is legal under existing federal law to ...

  • Focus on Definition of 'Sex' in Major Gay, Transgender ...

    2019/10/08 · Focus on Definition of 'Sex' in Major Gay, Transgender Employment Rights Case in US Supreme Court The arguments present the court with its first major test on gay and transgender rights since Trump appointed conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh to replace Kennedy, with the four liberal justices sympathetic to LGBT rights.

  • Divided Supreme Court weighs LGBT people's rights

    2019/10/08 · LGBT supporters gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Washington. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in its first cases on LGBT rights since the retirement of Justice Anthony ...

  • Supreme Court Appears Divided As It Weighs LGBTQ Rights ...

    2019/10/08 · WASHINGTON (AP) — A seemingly divided Supreme Court struggled Tuesday over whether a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employment, with one conservative justice wondering if ...

  • Supreme Court: LGBTQ rights cases today are first such ...

    2019/10/09 · A seemingly divided Supreme Court on Tuesday heard highly anticipated cases on whether federal civil rights law should apply to LGBTQ people, with Chief Justice John Roberts questioning how doing ...

  • Newsweek - Trump Administration Argues LGBT ...

    2019/08/23 · The Justice Department intervened in one of two matters before the high court set to address LGBTQ employment discrimination during the court's next term. At issue is Title VII of the Civil Rights ...

  • LGBT employment discrimination in the United States - …

    The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case as R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during the 2019-2020 term. [15] On March 31, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled in …

  • Supreme Court LGBT discrimination ruling looms large …

    2019/10/21 · Supreme Court LGBT discrimination ruling looms large in Pa. By John Finnerty jfinnerty@cnhi.com Oct 21, 2019 Oct 21, 2019 HARRISBURG — A U.S. Supreme Court decision on discrimination protections ...

  • UPDATE 2-U.S. Supreme Court mulls major gay ...

    2019/10/08 · The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday wades into a major LGBT rights dispute over whether a landmark decades-old federal anti-discrimination law that prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex covers gay and transgender workers. The justices, a day after kicking off their new nine-month term

  • Inside the Supreme Court Discrimination Cases That …

    2020/04/23 · The trial court found that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin, did not cover sexual ...