Lambda Legal has announced that it will petition the Supreme Court to decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans employment discrimination because of sex, also bans discrimination because of sexual orientation. Lambda made the announcement on July 6, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, announced that the full circuit court would not reconsider a decision by a three-judge panel that had … <Read More>
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ENDA, Title VII, and Transgender Rights
With a new push to get a floor vote in the Senate on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which was approved in committee over the summer, it is timely to consider the potential interaction of ENDA with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the main federal employment discrimination statute signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson that went into effect in July 1965. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination by companies with … <Read More>