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Yesterday,
June 15, 2020, was a momentous and surprising day in many ways not just
for the LGBTQ community but for everyone in the US. In a six to three
decision the Supreme Court of the United States
ruled LGBTQ employees cannot be fired for sexual orientation or gender
identity. The wild card in the drama was Neil Gorsuch. It was the lead topic for all the television networks.
photos by Styrous®
An enormous surprise was Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's first appointee to the court, voting in and writing the majority opinion for Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. His vote will place him in history books!
Neil Gorsuch - majority opinion
It completely changed my opinion of him; I realized he will not be the lap dog for Trump, following his every whim or dictate. It is an indication that Gorsuch, who is by any definition a conservative judge and has cast key votes in the past siding with the President, is capable of flexing his independence, charting a distinctive course and disrupting expectations. However, I have no doubt it will infuriate many who pushed for his confirmation.
The three dissents were absolutely no surprise, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas who brought up the issue of the second amendment which had nothing to do with this case and, of course, Brett Kavanough.
The dissenting opinion by the most conservative justice on the Court, Samuel Alito, was not in the least way surprising but it was shocking in this enlightened time!
Samuel Alito - minority opinion
David Muir
Judy Woodruff
Net links:
BBC News ~ Supreme Court backs protection for LGBT workers
CBS News ~ upreme Court rules federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers
CNN ~ Why Trump's Supreme Court appointee Neil Gorsuch protected LGBTQ rights
LA Times ~ Supreme Court rules Landmark civil rights law extends to LGBTQ employees
NBC News ~ Next LGBTQ rights legal battle looms after Supreme Court victory
NY Times ~ Conservative Christians See ‘Seismic Implications’ in Supreme Court Ruling
Rolling Stone ~ LGBTQ Employment Decision Bigger Than Marriage Equality
Texas Tribune ~ Supreme Court: civil rights law grants protections denied in Texas
Washington Post ~ Why religious right is freaked out by Supreme Court’s LGBTQ ruling
YouTube links:
ABC News ~ Supreme Court protects LGBTQ civil rights
Pete Buttigieg ~ Supreme Court LGBTQ ruling
CBS News ~ Supreme Court ruling protects LGBTQ workers
Rolling Stone ~ Employment Decision Bigger Than Marriage Equality Pete Buttigieg ~ Supreme Court LGBTQ ruling
CBS News ~ Supreme Court ruling protects LGBTQ workers
Styrous® ~ Tuesday, June 16, 2020
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