I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and welcome to We

the People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by

Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among

the American people. This week the Supreme Court handed down Bostick versus Clayton County, Georgia and two related cases.

They held that an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

On today's episode, we'll discuss this landmark decision with two leading scholars of the Supreme

Court.

Joshua Matz is a partner at Kaplan, He Hacker, and Think, LLP.

He recently rejoined the firm from the House Judiciary Committee, where he served as counsel

for the impeachment and trial of President Trump.

He is the author with Professor Lawrence Tribe of To End a Presidency, and he filed a brief in this case in support of the employees on behalf of former solicitors

General.

Joshua, it's great to have you back on the show.

Thank you for having me.

Matthew Frank is the Associate Director of the James Madison program in American ideals and institutions

and lecture in politics at Princeton University.

He's also a Senior Fellow at the Witherspoon Institute at Princeton and Professor

Emeritus of Political Science at Radford University. Matthew thank you so much

for joining. Great to be with you Jeff, thanks. Let's jump right into the decision.

Joshua, what did the court hold and what was Justice's Gorsuch's legal theory

for the holding?

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