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John Roberts on Jobs

Supreme Court Justice (nominated by Pres. George W. Bush 2005)

 


No job discrimination for transgender status

The Supreme Court ruled that existing federal law forbids job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender status, a major victory for advocates of gay rights and for the nascent transgender rights movement.

By a vote of 6-3, the court said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate because of a person's sex, also covers sexual orientation and transgender status. It said sexual orientation discrimination was a form of sex discrimination.

Across the nation, 21 states have their own laws prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Seven more provide that protection only to public employees. Those laws remain in force, but the ruling means federal law now provides similar protection for LGBTQ employees in the rest of the country.

GORSUCH wrote ruling; ROBERTS, GINSBURG, BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN joined. ALITO, THOMAS, and KAVANAUGH dissented.

Source: NBC News on BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA , Jun 15, 2020

Union activists can organize outside of employment place

Roberts voted with the majority on the court ruling in the case ITT INDUSTRIES v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

The court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board erred in denying union activists the right to organize on an employer’s property as long as it was outside and in a non-working area of the property -- in this case, distributing handbills in a parking lot of an ITT facility.

Source: Miami Herald, “Robert’s Rulings” , Jul 21, 2005

Other Justices on Jobs: John Roberts on other issues:
Samuel Alito(since 2006)
Amy Coney Barrett(since 2020)
Stephen Breyer(since 1994)
Neil Gorsuch(since 2017)
Ketanji Brown Jackson(nominated 2022)
Elena Kagan(since 2010)
Brett Kavanaugh(since 2018)
John Roberts(since 2005)
Sonia Sotomayor(since 2009)
Clarence Thomas(since 1991)

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William Rehnquist(1975-2005)

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