Discusses the 25th amendment and continuity of government plans. We also take your calls. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is monday, october 5. This is a live shot to walter reed in bethesda, maryland, where President Trump is receiving treatment for covid19. While his medical team indicated he could be released to the white house as early as today, mixed messaging over the weekend from his staff and attending physician, and new information yesterday about his treatment regime. So this morning, we will take your calls about your level of confidence in the information the American Public has received since the president tested positive for the coronavirus. Do you trust what we are being told about his health . If you do, 2027488000 is the number. If you do not, 2027488001. F you are unsure, 2027488002 you can send us a text, 3. 2748800 include your name and where you are from. Or catch up with us on facebook or twi
To the. Qualifications of someone to be. Rather than trying to get this. Mourners lit candles for ginsberg on the steps of the Supreme Court while there was praise for her legacy from across the political divide the search for her successor threatens to be less dignified. We can ask me to detail the reporter stephen says here in studio more on stacy tell us more about Ruth Bader Ginsburgs korea well Justice John Burke was the tiny firebrand and she was the liberal conscience of the Supreme Court and she became a feminist icon known as the tories our b. G. Because she was so tough with her dissensions and so steadfast and what she believed was the hallmark of democracy but even before she made it to the bench she stood before the court 5 times to argue for landmark cases and they all had to do with equality for womens rights to have the onus of their their own body the right to have equal pay to be able to acquire housing as a get rid of laws that made it legal for women to be treated l
Impact the president s diagnosis and two members of the Senate Judiciary committees diagnosis will have on her Supreme Court nomination. Guest so far, according to the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, senator Lindsey Graham, no effect at all. Full steam ahead. Hearings will Begin Next Week as he has announced. The committee put out a fact howt last night, explaining many hearings they have had so far. Some members have participated remotely. The anticipation from Republican Leadership is to move as quickly as possible to attempt to confirm judge merrick judge barrett before the election. We will find out if perhaps something comes up. Democrats on the committee have been demanding that the hearings take place in person, they say. They are also saying that it is too dangerous to have but they do not have the votes to enforce that if the republicans stick together. Host you talk about having the votes. If multiple republican senators cannot be in the room for a Committee Confirmation
Discrimination. Last october, the court heard oral arguments for two consolidated cases concerning employment and Sexual Orientation. This is an hour. We will hear in case 171618, bostic versus Clayton County in a consolidated case. Take you thank you. When an employer fires a male men, he for dating violates title vii. The employer has discriminated against the man because he treats that man worse than women who want to do the same thing. That discrimination is because of sex. Because the adverse employment malesis based on the employee to confirm about how men should behave that men should be attracted only to women and not to men. There is no analytic difference between this kind of discrimination and forms of discrimination that have been already recognized by every court to have addressed them. For example, discrimination against men who are effeminate rather than macho. That discrimination is because of nonconformity with an expectation of how men should behave. The attempt to ca
Versus clayton county. Thank you, mr. Chief justice. When an employer filed a male employee for dating men but does not fire female employees that dates men discriminated against the man because he treats that and worse than women that want to do the same thing. That discrimination is because of sex. Because the adverse employment action is based on the male toloyees failure to conform a particular expectation about how men should behave. That men should be attracted only to women. There is no difference between this kind of discrimination and forms of discrimination that of an already recognized by every court to have addressed them. Her example, discrimination against men who are a feminine. Is becausemination of nonconformity with an expectation about how men should behave. Carve outt to discrimination against men for being gay from title vii cannot be administered with consistency or integrity. Resort tojudges to been counting where they count epithets tos of determine whether or n