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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

“Dan Markel case: State rests, Garcia’s defense team presents its case.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Posted at 6:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Considers Whether L.G.B.T. Workers Are Protected by the Civil Rights Act”: Adam Liptak and Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times have this report.

Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Trump nominees could play pivotal role as Supreme Court decides on protections for gay, transgender workers.” And Rick Noack of The Washington Post reports that “U.S. Supreme Court arguments on gay, transgender rights coincide with widening culture wars overseas.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch calls LGBTQ workplace discrimination case ‘really close.’

Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Justices Spar Over Gay Employee Cases; Arguments weigh whether 1964 Civil Rights Act forbids discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court is divided over gay, transgender job bias in civil rights case to be decided during 2020 election.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court hesitant to expand discrimination protection to LGBTQ employees.”

Tamar Hallerman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that “U.S. Supreme Court appears divided on Georgia man’s gay rights case.”

Bart Jones of Newsday reports that “LGBT advocates rally before Supreme Court arguments in LI discrimination case.”

Keith Laing and Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News report that “Justices spar over arguments in transgender discrimination case.” And Melissa Nann Burke also reports that “Hundreds rally for transgender rights during arguments before High Court.”

Mark Sherman and Matthew Barakat of The Associated Press report that “Divided Supreme Court weighs LGBT people’s rights.”

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court divided on LGBT employment protection; Gorsuch could be key.”

Greg Stohr and Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg News report that “U.S. Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Bias Suits by LGBT Workers.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court appears divided over LGBTQ job discrimination; The controlling vote could turn out to be Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, who seemed receptive to the plaintiffs’ arguments.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN has a report headlined “Historic Supreme Court arguments Tuesday in LGBTQ workplace rights dispute.” And Joan Biskupic of CNN has a report headlined “For LGBTQ rights, it’s a new Supreme Court.”

Shannon Bream and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “Supreme Court appears split over federal protections for job discrimination claims by LGBTQ workers.”

Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court grapples with LGBTQ rights in the workplace.”

Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Brett Kavanaugh Asked Just One Question During His First Big LGBTQ Case On The Supreme Court; The justices will decide if a federal law against ‘sex’ discrimination in the workplace applies to employees fired for being LGBTQ.”

On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Hears Arguments On LGBTQ Employment Rights Case.”

In commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Only One Conservative Supreme Court Justice Is Taking LGBTQ Discrimination Seriously; Neil Gorsuch seemed open to prohibiting LGBTQ workplace discrimination; But his fears of ‘massive social upheaval’ might stop him.”

Online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “Justice Gorsuch emerges as an unlikely swing vote in the LGBTQ discrimination cases; Trump’s first justice may set his politics aside to rule in favor of workers who claim they were fired for being gay or trans.”

And online at The Daily Beast, Jay Michaelson has an essay titled “Neil Gorsuch Might Be The Supreme Court’s LGBTQ Rights Savior; But He May Not; A sharply divided Supreme Court considered whether federal law protects LGBTQ people from being fired, with Justice Neil Gorsuch emerging as the possible route to equality victory.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Bostock v. Clayton County, No. 17-1618.

And you can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. EEOC, No. 18-107.

Posted at 5:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“How the Court Could Limit Abortion Rights Without Overturning Roe: No matter which path the court takes, the destination will likely be the same — the end of access to safe, legal abortion for many women.” Law professor Leah Litman has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 11:44 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court will consider whether gay, transgender workers are protected by federal law”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

Ariane de Vogue of CNN has a report headlined “Historic Supreme Court arguments Tuesday in LGBTQ workplace rights dispute.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court takes up cases about LGBT people’s rights.”

And on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Showdown Over LGBTQ Employment Rights Hits Supreme Court.”

Posted at 8:47 AM by Howard Bashman