Justice Department Weighs In, Saks Backs Down On Claims In Trans Discrimination

[DragonBeer]

As Justice Department Weighs In, Saks Backs Down On Claims In Trans Discrimination Case
Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/saks-withdraws-motion-asserting-no-existing-federal-legal-pr?utm_term=.rf0a7BleOK#.ly4XPe2mk
Author: Chris Geidner
Posted: January 26th, 2015

"WASHINGTON — Saks Fifth Avenue has reversed its position in court on whether transgender people are covered by existing federal anti-discrimination laws.

In a filing in federal court on Monday morning, the company withdrew a Dec. 29, 2014, court filing in which it asserted that transgender workers are not covered by the sex discrimination ban in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That position runs counter to most recent court decisions, rulings of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission since 2012, and the Obama administration."

[Devlyn]

Sure you used the right link? 

[DragonBeer]

Sure you used the right link? 

Woops! Fixed it, thanks.

[suzifrommd]

Don't know if this is good or bad news. Their assertion remains untested in court, which is not as good as a court actually declaring we are protected. So far, only the Department of Justice have declared we are protected, which doesn't actually carry any legal weight, since it is a legal opinion and not a judgement of the court. I.e. the DOJ is the country's lawyer, but not a court.

OTOH, worst of all would be to have it go to court and have the court declare that we are not protected.