“This is a tremendous victory for our nation’s system of justice and its founding principle that no one — not even a president — is above the law,” said Cyrus Vance Jr. in a statement.
The question of whether or not a president is immune from the powers of the law has been an issue in American politics since the formation of the country. With the court providing more detail, Americans can start to see a clearer picture of what is expected from their Commander in Chief.
LGBT+ RIGHTS
This term, the Supreme Court decided that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT+ and transgender employees from workplace harassment and discrimination.
Within the majority was Neil Gorsuch, a Trump appointed justice. Trump and his administration have been outspokenly against the idea of the Civil Rights Act being open to the LGBT+ and transgender community. Gorsuch’s split from Conservatives did not go unnoticed.
“Today,” Gorsuch said, “we must decide whether an employer can fire someone simply for being homosexual or transgender. The answer is clear … It is impossible to discriminate against a person for being homosexual or transgender without discriminating … based on sex,” Gorsuch wrote.
