Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh condemned the Supreme Court’s decision Monday that federal law protects LGBT employees from discrimination. Chief Justice John Roberts…
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh condemned the Supreme Court’s decision Monday that federal law protects LGBT employees from discrimination.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the court’s four liberal judges in a landmark ruling that involved a 1964 civil rights law that barred discrimination of employees based on sex, according to USA Today. The Supreme Court examined whether the statutory protections should be understood to include both sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that federal law protects LGBT employees from discrimination through focusing on the text of Title VII, language prohibiting discrimination “because of” sex. Title VII may be enforced as long as sex is part of the discrimination, the justices said.
Alito, Kavanaugh, and Justice Clarence Thomas all dissented.
