The 6-3 ruling is historic in more ways than one.
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC
. Gorsuch, a 2017 appointee to the court by current President Donald Trump, has been thought to lean conservative in his opinions for the court and was widely opposed by leftists during the nomination process. Some scholars believe that his decision in this particular situation is due to hisBrett Kavanaugh
and Clarence Thomas. Their dissent proved unsurprising to those following the case, and was backed by their opinions that the law needs reconsideration and rewriting by Congress and not the courts. Still, the ruling is a huge victory for LGBTQ+ Americans who have faced employment discrimination, now protecting them under the same law barring discrimination based on"race, color, religion, sex or national origin." The key deciding word for the cases in the opinion delivered today, it seems, was"sex.
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