Subscript Law

Argument: November 4, 2019 Petitioner Brief : Kansas Respondent Briefs : Charles Glover Supreme Court of Kansas Did the patrol officer make a fair assumption in pulling Glover over? The Fourth Amendment prohibits patrol officers from stopping just any car on the street. But if the officer has “reasonable suspicion” of a crime however — even a traffic violation — he has the right. In this case, the Supreme Court will decide if Sheriff Deputy Mark Mehrer had “reasonable suspicion” when he pulled over a truck. In the case, Officer Mehrer pulled over a truck even though he hadn’t seen the driver break any rules. Mehrer had run the truck’s license plate, learned that the truck was licensed to Charles Glover, Jr., and then saw that Charles Glover, Jr.’s license had been revoked. So Mehrer assumed Glover was driving and pulled the truck over. The officer did not attempt to confirm the identity of the driver before making the stop. It turned out that Charles Glover, Jr. was driving,...

Arguments: October 8, 2019 Altitude Express v. Zarda (briefs on sexual orientation) ( Second Circuit opinion ) Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia (briefs on sexual orientation) ( Eleventh Circuit opinion ) R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC/ Stephens (briefs on gender identity) ( 6th Circuit opinion ) Decisions: TBA Is discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity sex discrimination? The Supreme Court is set to hear three cases this term to decide whether Title VII’s protections against sex discrimination include discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Key Terms What is sexual orientation? A person’s sexual orientation refers to the sex or gender of the people that a person is romantically and sexually attracted to.  The most common sexual orientations are heterosexual (an attraction to people of a different sex), homosexual (an attraction to people of the same sex), and bisexual (an attraction t...