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27 Jul 2017, 3:17 am by Lyle Denniston
Taking its first official stand on the issue, the Trump Administration argued in a federal court Wednesday that a 1964 civil rights law does not protect gays, lesbians and transgender people from discrimination in the workplace. [read post]
24 Jul 2017, 4:14 am by Edith Roberts
Colorado Civil Rights Commission, noting that “[i]n the past three years, lower courts have decided a number of similar cases involving other wedding vendors who did not want to provide services for same-sex weddings (e.g., photographer, florist, venue owner, stationery seller),” and that “[n]one of the vendors has won thus far. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 9:30 pm by Sarah Madigan
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed the request, asking the court to compel the Commission to release its records to the public and to allow the public to attend and participate in a July 19th Commission meeting, pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 11:00 am by Jane Chong
” Impeachment must be treated like high-risk surgery, he insists, “to be resorted to only when the rightness of diagnosis and treatment is sure. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 7:19 am by Michael Geist
Adopting models similar to those used by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that facilitate funded participation by public interest and civil society groups should be explored. c. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 4:30 am by Edith Roberts
Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the “critical civil rights case” of “a cake artistnamed Jack Phillips who politely declined to create a wedding cake celebrating a same-sex marriage because of his Christian beliefs about marriage”; Green argues that “freedom-lovers of all political stripes and orientations should root for Jack in his struggle against tyranny. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 11:42 am by Jeffrey Risman
Vermont, Connecticut, and New York have added their support to that of 50 major companies across the U.S. in asking a federal appeals court to extend the protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to workers discriminated against because of their LGBT status. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 11:42 am by Jeffrey Risman
Vermont, Connecticut, and New York have added their support to that of 50 major companies across the U.S. in asking a federal appeals court to extend the protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to workers discriminated against because of their LGBT status. [read post]
13 Jul 2017, 10:07 am by Garen Dodge and Daniel Masakayan*
The charge alleges that Macy’s criminal background check policies violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because they allow the retailer to reject otherwise qualified job applicants and employees based on their criminal histories. [read post]
13 Jul 2017, 10:07 am by Garen Dodge and Daniel Masakayan*
The charge alleges that Macy’s criminal background check policies violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because they allow the retailer to reject otherwise qualified job applicants and employees based on their criminal histories. [read post]