The administration had argued against interpreting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as protecting people based on sexuality.
last August arguing that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not cover sexual orientation and can’t be used to police workplace discrimination against LGBTQ workers.
Conservatives slammed the decision, with Carrie Severino, the president of the conservative Judicial Network,
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