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Supreme Court: LGBTQ Employment Discrimination Is Illegal

Supreme Court: LGBTQ Employment Discrimination Is Illegal

FromThe NPR Politics Podcast


Supreme Court: LGBTQ Employment Discrimination Is Illegal

FromThe NPR Politics Podcast

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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Jun 15, 2020
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Podcast episode

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The vote was 6-3 with conservatives Chief Justice John Roberts and Neil Gorsuch joining the court's four liberal justices in the majority. "In Title VII, Congress adopted broad language making it illegal for an employer to rely on an employee's sex when deciding to fire that employee," the court held in Monday's decision. "We do not hesitate to recognize today a necessary consequence of that legislative choice: an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law."In this episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and national Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Released:
Jun 15, 2020
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Podcast episode

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