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Bostock v. Clayton County. [1] There, the Court held that by barring employer discrimination against any individual “because of such individual’s . . . sex,” Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 also bars employment discrimination because an individual is gay or transgender. The paper then speculates about how much Bostock will affect how likely lower court judges will read other “sex” discrimination prohibitions in the U.S. Code in the same way, in part based on a canvass of the text of about 150 of those prohibitions. The paper also discusses the religion-based defenses t...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is back at full strength after three new Commissioners were sworn into office late last month. The new Commissioners – Democrat Shana Broussard and Republicans Sean Cooksey and Allen Dickerson – restore a quorum to the agency, which had lacked one for most of 2020. Ms. Broussard will serve as FEC Chair for 2021 and is very familiar with agency operations, having worked in several capacities at the FEC since 2008. Most recently, she served as counsel to Democrat-leaning Commissioner Steven T....

Changes at the FEC June 26, 2020 was a day for big changes at the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Long-time Commissioner Caroline Hunter announced she is stepping down at the end of the month after more than a decade of service. Shortly thereafter, the White House announced the President’s intent to nominate Allen Dickerson to replace her. The moves come at a critical time for the FEC which lacked a quorum for ten months, resumed a quorum in June, and now faces the loss of a quorum again. Commissioner Hunter, a Republican, was first appointed to the FEC in 2008. “Caroline has been a st...

Up here. this is eric holder, the attorney general's response to judge jerry e. smith who ordered the justice department lawyer in the health care -- the case that was hearing one provision of the health care law to respond with a three page. and you'll see up there three pages, single-spaced, explaining, does the president understand that the courts are allowed to review the constitutionality of laws. and eric holder's letter says the power of the courts to review the constitutionality of legislation is beyond dispute. and he has three pages of more words. that don't mean very much -- >> 2 1/...

Challenge issued to the obama administration. >> this is a very grudging response -- >> this is a -- >> barely -- >> biggest letter we've ever put up here. this is eric holder, the attorney general's response to judge jerry e. smith who ordered the justice department lawyer in the health care -- the case that was hearing one provision of the health care law to respond with a three page. and you'll see up there three pages, single-spaced, explaining, does the president understand that the courts are allowed to review the constitutionality of laws. and eric holder's letter says the power of the ...