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THE SUPREME COURT JUST RULED THAT TITLE VII PROHIBITS ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT.

But the website crashed. I'll have a link shortly.

The majority opinion ruling that federal law prohibits employment discrimination against LGBTQ people was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch.

This is the link, but I can only load the first page because the SCOTUS website crashed. If you have a copy please email it to me at [e-mail] and I'll upload it elsewhere. supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf…

The decision is 6–3. Gorsuch wrote the majority, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan. Alito wrote the dissent, joined by Thomas and Kavanaugh. (LOL textualism.)

Donald Trump promised conservative evangelical voters a Supreme Court justice who would give them everything they've always wanted, including a rollback of LGBTQ rights. Not sure how his "I gave you SCOTUS!" line will work on the campaign trail now.

I'm loving the chaos energy of this moment, frankly. SCOTUS, the great guardian of our democracy, the council of sages, the head of our judicial branch, the ultimate arbiters of American law, cannot load an opinion onto a website.

The timing of this decision could not be worse for the Trump administration. It just rolled out two new policies rejecting protections for transgender people under laws that bar discrimination because of sex.

SCOTUS basically just said the administration's theory is dead wrong.

Gorsuch's majority opinion is 29 pages.

Alito and Kavanaugh's dissents are a collective 138 pages.

Here is a copy of the Supreme Court's decision outlawing employment discrimination against LGBTQ people. drive.google.com/file/d/134fLXB…

Here's Alito accusing Gorsuch of betraying Scalia. Alito is MAD.

Today's Supreme Court decision is, by a mile, the biggest legal victory transgender Americans have won in the history of the nation.

Today's SCOTUS decision is also an extraordinary victory for gay and bisexual Americans on the heels of Obergefell, which guaranteed a right to same-sex marriage just five years ago. What an incredible expansion of legal equality in an extremely short amount of time.

I wish Aimee Stephens had lived to see her victory.

Kavanaugh declined to join Alito's fiery rage dissent, which bristles with hostility toward LGBTQ people. Kav knows that doesn't fly any more. Instead he wrote his own dissent that basically congratulates LGBTQ people for winning, even though he thought they should lose.

Here's my piece. This is a huge victory for LGBTQ equality, a triumph for the Supreme Court's independence, and just a terrific day for the country. In the end, Gorsuch stuck to his principles, and the most straightforward understanding of the law won out. slate.com/news-and-polit…

Don't underestimate the anger today's SCOTUS decision will provoke on the right. It could boil over into a crisis. Conservative donors spent millions getting Gorsuch on the bench. They wanted results. Now they're going to ask Republicans: THIS is the return on our investment?

I am a fan of Gorsuch's explanation here. Broad laws have broad applications. As @GillianAtLaw has documented, the history of Title VII is a history of courts saying, "we actually did not anticipate this, and neither did Congress, but that's definitely sex discrimination."

The Supreme Court's decision today rips the heart out of the Trump administration's crusade to legalize anti-trans discrimination. It's a massive, fatal blow to the legal framework propping up the administration's bigotry. slate.com/news-and-polit… @Slate