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U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law

Jun. 22, 2020

Bostock opinions rewrite the likely future of the Supreme Court

There was no plethora of opinions in Bostock, only three — the 33-page majority opinion for the court by Justice Neil Gorsuch, joined without comment by Chief Justice John Roberts, and by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor; a 107-page dissent by Justice Samuel Alito, joined without comment by Justice Clarence Thomas; and a separate 28-page dissent by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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June 15, 2020, was a day for rejoicing by all who favor equal rights for LGBTQ people. The Supreme Court's 6-to-3 decision in consolidated cases reported as Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, 2020 DJDAR , extended the reach of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect LGBTQ workers from employment discrimination nationwide and opened the way for addit...

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