Attorney General Issues Guidance On Protection of Religious Liberty

Yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a 25-page Memorandum (full text) setting out the Justice Department's understanding of the scope of religious liberty protections. In a covering document, Sessions directed that the interpretive guidance in the Memorandum immediately be incorporated...

DOJ Says Title VII Does Not Cover Transgender Discrimination

On Oct. 4, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a Memorandum (full text) reversing a prior Justice Department interpretation of the extent to which Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination against transgender individuals.  Saying that it is dealing with