Impeachment Is Heading to the Supreme Court. Trump’s Lawyers Will Be Happy.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Jabin Botsford/Zuma Congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump are in a stand-off over impeachment, with Democrats requesting documents and interviews from the executive branch and the administration defying those requests by citing executive privilege and declaring Congress’ investigations invalid. It’s a constitutional clash with one all-but-inevitable end point: The Supreme…
Planned Parenthood Plans to Spend a Huge Amount of Money to Defeat Anti-Abortion Candidates in 2020
In this June 4, 2019, file photo, a Planned Parenthood clinic is photographed in St. Louis.Jeff Roberson/AP Photo As abortion rights continue to be under attack by the Trump administration and in states across the country, Planned Parenthood announced a new campaign on Wednesday focused on the 2020 elections. In their most ambitious electoral push…
The Supreme Court Heard a Landmark LGBTQ Labor Rights Case, But It Was Preoccupied With…Bathrooms
Gerry Broome/AP On Tuesday, lawyers representing a transgender woman and two gay men convened before the Supreme Court to argue that their clients should not have been fired from their jobs because of their identities. The lawyers argued that gender identity and sexual orientation are protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the…
The Supreme Court Heard a Landmark LGBTQ Labor Rights Case, But it Was Preoccupied With…Bathrooms
Gerry Broome/AP On Tuesday, lawyers representing a transgender woman and two gay men convened before the Supreme Court to argue that their clients should not have been fired from their jobs because of their identities. The lawyers argued that gender identity and sexual orientation are protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the…
The Supreme Court Might Condone LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination. Will Your State Protect You?
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Tuesday for three cases that seek to expand employment protections to LGBTQ people.Jacquelyn Martin/AP On May 4, 2016, Mark Horton signed the paperwork to make it official: He would soon be the vice president of sales and marketing at Midwest Geriatric Management. He resigned from his job…
SCOTUS Just took a Case that Could Challenge Abortion Rights—in the Midst of the 2020 Election
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include the new Associate Justice, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo The Supreme Court decided Friday to hear June Medical Services v. Gee, a Louisiana case that could…