Delivered by one of 2 conservative judges appointed by President Trump im regatta berlin this is the day. When i lost my job it was my dream job so imagine having that that you do every day and you enjoy doing that its suddenly taken away because you decided to join the gay Recreational Softball League you know i did nothing wrong. Now at some validation in the. Day. For me the journey continues. Also coming up in the philippines a legal victory that has president ial approval maria ressa the journalist who dares to question president do tear takes policies has been found guilty of cyber libel russia says its an attempt to intimidate a free press. So what i listen to read i just i tried to get angry figure out how do we continue doing our jobs better. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a legal victory for equality made possible by a modern read of a 56 year old law today in the United States the Supreme Court handed do
Of their Sexual Orientation or gender identity. The German Government is buying a 23 percent stake in the German Biotech Company vaca the cost of 300000000 euros the company is judas dot Clinical Trials for a covert 19 vaccine. Russian authorities have opened a criminal investigation against kremlin critic alexina valmy over social media comments the outspoken opponent told president Vladimir Putin is accused of making false comments about constitutional reform that amount they say to slander. This is the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at t w news all visit dot com. In the United States being gay was enough to get you fired but not anymore the u. S. Supreme court today ruled that in the workplace Sexual Orientation and gender identity are off limits just like your age race and religion they cannot be used against you todays decision puts more people under the protective umbrella of civil rights a defeat for the trumpet ministration with an extra sting the c
Orientation. He was an awardwinning Child Welfare advocate in the casa program in Clayton County, georgia. He took the program to unprecedented levels of success and hes making a difference in the lives of neglected children in his community, all of that changed when the county learned that he was gay. Hes been encouraging his a gay o join ak softball league. Of thisinating part case and we will learn about how the Supreme Court arguments went this morning, goes back to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law protects americans from Workplace Discrimination, the Appeals Court has apparently splintered on this, the second and seventh circuit ruled it protects americans of lgtbq, but the 11th circuit did not. This is how it will run, i will let them speak for a little bit and tell us how the arguments went and the case, then i will ask a few questions and turn it over to the arguments. The audience. I beg you to ask a twitter like question, we dont want sermons from the audience, and ident
My name is robert barnes. I cover the Supreme Court for the washington post. Thanks for coming on this crisp, fall day to hear about the Supreme Court. Id like to thank the federalist society, particularly the Facility Division and practice groups for putting together what we think will be an interesting panel on what looks to be a very interesting term at the Supreme Court. After the trauma of last years confirmation hearings, theres been a thought from those who watched the court that it went out of its way not to look partisan last term, to look for ways to bust up the ideological divide on the court in some cases and to slow walk some controversies to keep them off that years docket. Its been welldocumented that each of the conservative justices at least once joined the four liberals to make up a majority in a case. And it went the other way, too. Each of the liberals at least once abandoned his or her usual voting partners and joined the conservatives in a case. Harmony could be h
Got tousses how the case beat Supreme Court and what the courts decision could mean for lgbtq writes. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is thomas brewer, im a former president of the National Press club. Thank you for being here this afternoon, im looking forward to the discussion. I promise to be nicer than the associate justices were in interrupting when they made their arguments. We are here because of this gentleman to my left, gerald bought stock who lost his job because of his Sexual Orientation. He was an awardwinning Child Welfare advocate in the casa program in Clayton County, georgia. He took the program to unprecedented levels of success and hes making a difference in the lives of neglected children in his community, all of that changed when the county learned that he was gay. Hes been encouraging his friends to join a gay softball league. The fascinating part of this case and we will learn about how the Supreme Court arguments went this morning, goes back to the Civil Right