NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

When Supreme Court justices defy expectations

  • Written by Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy and Law, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageJustice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, surprised many court watchers by authoring the decision to expand the Civil Rights Act.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in the important and much-anticipated case, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, that the LGBTQ community is protected from employment discrimination.

The...

Read more: When Supreme Court justices defy expectations

More Articles ...

  1. Can people spread the coronavirus if they don't have symptoms? 5 questions answered about asymptomatic COVID-19
  2. COVID-19 is laying waste to many US recycling programs
  3. Islamic State militants incite attacks, gloat at US protests and pandemic deaths
  4. America's Black female mayors face dual crises of COVID-19 and protests – but these women are used to uphill battles
  5. Islamic State calls for followers to spread coronavirus, exploit pandemic and protests
  6. The psychological trauma of nurses started long before coronavirus
  7. Crop pathogens are more adaptable than previously thought
  8. Does coronavirus aid to news outlets undermine journalistic credibility?
  9. 5 reasons to make sure recess doesn't get short shrift when school resumes in person
  10. George Floyd protests aren't just anti-racist – they are anti-authoritarian
  11. Self-driving taxis could be a setback for those with different needs – unless companies embrace accessible design now
  12. Journalists believe news and opinion are separate, but readers can't tell the difference
  13. What some foundations are doing differently because of the coronavirus pandemic: 4 questions answered
  14. AI could help solve the privacy problems it has created
  15. What is the slowest thing on Earth?
  16. Devil in the detail of SCOTUS ruling on workplace bias puts LGBTQ rights and religious freedom on collision course
  17. What the Supreme Court's DACA ruling means for undocumented students and the colleges and universities they attend
  18. Latest legal hurdle to removing Confederate statues in Virginia: The wishes of their long-dead white donors
  19. From grandfather to grandson, the lessons of the Tulsa race massacre
  20. The right way to breathe during the coronavirus pandemic
  21. A field guide to Trump's dangerous rhetoric
  22. 5 ways the world is better off dealing with a pandemic now than in 1918
  23. Holding on and holding still, a son photographs his father with Alzheimer's
  24. Python skin jackets and elephant leather boots: How wealthy Western nations help drive the global wildlife trade
  25. We caught bacteria from the most pristine air on earth to help solve a climate modeling mystery
  26. National survey shows that social service nonprofits are trying to help more people on smaller budgets as the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn unfold
  27. Supreme Court ruling on Dreamers sends a clear message to the White House: You have to tell the truth
  28. Domestic abusers use tech that connects as a weapon during coronavirus lockdowns
  29. What do struggling small businesses need most? Time – and bankruptcy can provide it
  30. Living near active oil and gas wells in California tied to low birth weight and smaller babies
  31. Land loss has plagued black America since emancipation – is it time to look again at 'black commons' and collective ownership?
  32. 5 reasons police officers should have college degrees
  33. The Supreme Court decision to grant protections to LGBT workers is an important expansion of the Civil Rights Act
  34. Conservation could create jobs post-pandemic
  35. What is the 'zero gravity' that people experience in the vomit comet or space flight?
  36. Here's why some people are willing to challenge bullying, corruption and bad behavior, even at personal risk
  37. Tracing homophobia in South Korea's coronavirus surveillance program
  38. Rural America is more vulnerable to COVID-19 than cities are, and it's starting to show
  39. Dead white men get their say in court as Virginia tries to remove Robert E. Lee statues
  40. Can you visit your dad safely on Father's Day? A doctor gives you a checklist
  41. How Hemingway felt about fatherhood
  42. Black Americans, crucial workers in crises, emerge worse off – not better
  43. Quarantine bubbles – when done right – limit coronavirus risk and help fight loneliness
  44. Supreme Court to decide the future of the Electoral College
  45. Pandemic, privacy rules add to worries over 2020 census accuracy
  46. Can Asia end its uncontrolled consumption of wildlife? Here's how North America did it a century ago
  47. I study coronavirus in a highly secured biosafety lab – here's why I feel safer here than in the world outside
  48. How 'vaccine nationalism' could block vulnerable populations' access to COVID-19 vaccines
  49. How the coronavirus escapes an evolutionary trade-off that helps keep other pathogens in check
  50. Black religious leaders are up front and central in US protests – as they have been for the last 200 years