KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt October 9, 2019 09:15:00
Samuel alito said congress could not have had sexual orientation in mind when it passed the civil rights law 55 years ago. but ruth bader ginsburg said congress wasn't thinking of sexual harassment either and the courts have said it's forbidden by the law today's argument comes four years after the supreme court's historic same-sex marriage ruling written by justice anthony kennedy, who has since retired. he has been replaced by brett kavanaugh who was mostly silent during today's argument, suggesting his vote could be in play 22 states now have their own laws banning job discrimination based ...