Kalpana Kotagal
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 27 Jul
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I've had to read that opinion memo multiple times because it's, quite frankly, unintelligible, right?
I mean, there's the ratcheting up of the standard for what it takes to prove disparate impact based on nothing that I can tell.
And then there's this constitutional analysis.
That's totally right.
It's in the 1991 amendments to the Civil Rights Act.
Congress did that to respond to 1980s decisions like Ward's Cove that it disagreed with.
So, I mean, yes, perfect example of how Congress is getting rolled.
Perfect example of how this Department of Justice and this EEOC are fundamentally disregarding the law.
You know, I think when you think about it, it feels I mean, you know, we can look at Project 2025, too.
But to me, it really feels like
the outcome of this memo was predetermined.
Yeah.
I mean, to me, it's it's quite I mean, it's devastating.
Right.
It's shameful that the very agency that is supposed to be protecting the rights of these workers is abandoning them, in particular trans workers.
A couple of things have happened that I think are worth talking about at the EEOC last year.
The agency directed the chair directed staff to dismiss seven cases that the EEOC had investigated and filed on behalf of trans and non-binary workers.
You know, the kinds of harassment that these workers endured.
It doesn't matter what your sexual orientation or gender identity.
Right.
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