More boxes get banned: Connecticut measure will ban asking age on job applications [Daniel Schwartz]
In closely divided en banc ruling, Ninth Circuit rules it cruel and unusual punishment for prison authorities to deny inmate sex-reassignment surgery [en banc opinion and panel decision; Josh Blackman on a dissent authored by Judge Patrick Bumatay; I was quoted last year in public radio coverage of the Adree Edmo case]
“Fear And Loathing At The Department Of Labor: Has The OFCCP Become A Law Unto Itself?” [Cory Andrews, WLF, more]
“Look for the Union Label, not the Gender Role” [Sarah Skwire]
Freedom means freedom for everyone: joined by Prof. Eugene Volokh, Cato files First Amendment amicus brief on behalf of Colorado graphic/web designer who objects to working on same-sex weddings [Ilya Shapiro and James Knight on 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, Tenth Circuit]
CBS News misrepresents the state of pregnancy-accommodation law in the workplace [Jon Hyman]

2 Comments

The Eighth Amendment and “recommended by a doctor” are not co-extensive.

This is one of those decisions that should simply get defied. The government should just say no. And that’s that. Ultimately, defiance is the answer for these ridiculous rulings.
- March 06, 2020 12:31 PM
- By SPO
Re banning the age box:

“Please list all educational institutions attended, primary, secondary, and post-secondary, and the years in which you attended them.”
- March 06, 2020 3:15 PM
- By Ras