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    Here are the big cases to watch in Supreme Court's new term

    by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Oct 07, 2019 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court this term will hear arguments in more than 50 cases that have been granted review so far. Here are some of the most closely watched :

    RIGHTS FOR LGBT EMPLOYEES

    Does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - which outlaws job discrimination "because of ... sex" - protect gays, lesbians and transgender employees from being fired? California and 21 other states prohibit such discrimination, but Congress has not added that protection to federal law. In recent years, however, U.S. appeals courts in New York, Chicago and Cincinnati have ruled it is sex discrimination to fire employees because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The Trump administration has urged the court to overturn those decisions. Arguments in three cases

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