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Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« on: June 16, 2020, 01:19:03 am »
Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
By Harper Neidig and John Kruzel - 06/15/20 05:43 PM EDT



Neil Gorsuch, widely considered one of the more conservative justices on the Supreme Court, stunned observers and drew enmity from right-wing commenters after he authored Monday’s landmark decision guaranteeing LGBT people protection from workplace discrimination.

Gorsuch wrote in the 6-3 decision that the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of "sex" in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act also applies to gay and transgender employees.

"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," Gorsuch wrote. "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."

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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2020, 02:20:59 am »
The LGBTQSNAFUBAR angle is irrelevent.

It's the making up of law from the bench that was what took it over the cliff.
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2020, 02:26:56 am »
We got hosed.
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2020, 02:52:36 am »
Only the best !
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2020, 02:53:44 am »
Some kind of Conservative Judge.
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2020, 03:03:07 am »
Surprise anger?  Everthing makes folks angry these days why would a SCOTUS action be any different?
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2020, 03:53:34 am »
Quote from: EdinVA on June 16, 2020, 03:03:07 am
Surprise anger?  Everthing makes folks angry these days why would a SCOTUS action be any different?

Why shouldn't people be angry?
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2020, 03:57:39 am »
Quote from: Chosen Daughter on June 16, 2020, 02:53:44 am
Some kind of Conservative Judge.

Yeah... Both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh came out if the House of Souter. Never believed they were conservative from the start, and argued it here all the while.

Now comes the consequence of listening to those who accuse us for Conservative purity, like it's something to be jeered.

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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2020, 04:06:56 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on June 16, 2020, 03:57:39 am
Yeah... Both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh came out if the House of Souter. Never believed they were conservative from the start, and argued it here all the while.

Now comes the consequence of listening to those who accuse us for Conservative purity, like it's something to be jeered.

It's been a really bad couple of months ... COVID, riots, and now this.  I'd say that the good ole USA is gone.  I hate to be so pessimistic but I'm just not seeing a flicker of hope here.
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2020, 04:14:19 am »
Quote from: libertybele on June 16, 2020, 04:06:56 am
It's been a really bad couple of months ... COVID, riots, and now this.  I'd say that the good ole USA is gone.  I hate to be so pessimistic but I'm just not seeing a flicker of hope here.

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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2020, 12:50:51 pm »
Quote from: Chosen Daughter on June 16, 2020, 02:53:44 am
Some kind of Conservative Judge.

Indeed.  Gorsuch made his decision based on the plain language of the text.  Just as Scalia would have 9done.   

This was a correct and well-reasoned decision.
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2020, 02:10:25 pm »
Gorsuch redefined "sex" just as Roberts redefined "tax."

The Never-Trumpers are looking more and more vindicated.
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2020, 02:17:33 pm »
A number of Trump supporters, when I asked about Trump's accomplishments as president, would always point me to his nomination of "conservative" judges, and they scoffed when I said I would reserve judgment on that till I see what these judges actually do. 

Looks like that accomplishment has been tarnished a bit. 
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #13 on: June 18, 2020, 02:25:57 pm »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on June 18, 2020, 02:10:25 pm
Gorsuch redefined "sex" just as Roberts redefined "tax."

The Never-Trumpers are looking more and more vindicated.

In other news, apparently the SCOTUS just told Trump he cannot undo Obama's DACA EO. F&^#.

As far as the NTers, they're in the 'blind squirrel' category.
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Re: Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision
« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2020, 02:29:49 pm »
No one knows how a judge will rule until seated on the court.  NO ONE!
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