A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling

<p>The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. We examine the three words the case hung on; what the written opinions had to say about bathrooms, locker rooms, sports, pronouns and religious objections to same-sex marriage; and the implications for the ruling. Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/adam-liptak?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Adam Liptak</a>, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times and Aimee Stephens, the lead plaintiff in a transgender discrimination case heard by the Supreme Court. Ms. Stephens died in May; she was 59. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily </a></p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Ms. Stephens was fired after she announced that she would live as a woman. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/aimee-stephens-supreme-court-dead.html" target="_blank">She did not live</a> to see the Supreme Court rule in her favor.</li><li>Until Monday’s decision, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/gay-transgender-workers-supreme-court.html" target="_blank">it was legal in more than half of the states</a> to fire workers for being gay, bisexual or transgender.</li><li>The justices are confronting an unusually potent mix of political and social issues in the middle of both a presidential election year and a public health crisis. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/15/us/supreme-court-major-cases-2020.html" target="_blank">Here’s an overview of the major cases</a> this year to get you up to speed.</li></ul>