Supreme Court grants federal job protections to LGBTQ workers
Alito, writing more than 100 pages in dissent for himself and Thomas, accused the court's majority of writing legislation, not law.
"The question in these cases is not whether discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity should be outlawed," Alito said."The question is whether Congress did that in 1964. It indisputably did not.""Instead of a hard-earned victory won through the democratic process, today’s victory is brought about by judicial dictate – judges latching on to a novel form of living literalism to rewrite ordinary meaning and remake American law," he wrote.
became the first to rule that gay men and lesbians should be covered by the decades-old federal civil rights law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled for Zarda in 2018, but the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, ruled against Bostock. The 6th Circuit, based in Cincinnati, ruled for Stephens.
Congress has debated the issue for decades but"repeatedly declined to pass bills adding sexual orientation to the list of protected traits" under the law, the Justice Department told the justices. The Democratic-controlled
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