tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post1073536954499956667..comments2024-03-27T11:00:44.652-05:00Comments on Michael-In-Norfolk - Coming Out in Mid-Life: 7th Circuit: 1964 Civil Rights Law Prohibits Anti-LGBT DiscriminationMichael-in-Norfolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330888799107186550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post-69551718694164208082017-04-05T07:48:48.123-05:002017-04-05T07:48:48.123-05:00Can't the 11th Circuit ruling be appealed en b...Can't the 11th Circuit ruling be appealed en banc?<br /><br />All the more reason NOT to keep from the Supreme Court someone who does not have the common sense to get out of the cold and who doesn't know why unknown people would spend over $10,000,000 to get an ostensibly impartial person onto the Supreme Court.EdAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00867807586210871787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post-51515451390797247482017-04-05T05:32:50.000-05:002017-04-05T05:32:50.000-05:00I am doubtful that this interpretation of the stat...I am doubtful that this interpretation of the statute will stand. The word used in the decision that will trouble men like Kennedy is that time and growth will lead jurists to an understanding of pertinent situations which permit them in their judicial decisions to "broaden" the original understanding of the language. <br /><br />I think the conservatives will look at this and decide that they don't want the courts to arbitrarily broaden legislative acts. What is more, I think they will say the legislatures have had many opportunities to broaden the interpretations of such things as Title VII, and refused to do so with regard to LGBT people, and that there has not merely been an oversight in the proper application of the law.<br /><br />I believe the equal protection route would be the proper argument in this case, but it doesn't seem to appeal to the SCOTUS. I hope I am wrong here. Time will tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com