This is the second part in our four part discussion of the US Supreme Court's October 2019 term, recently concluded. Perhaps the most eagerly awaited of the decisions that SCOTUS released late in the October 2019 term was its interpretation of the Civil Rights Act, encompassing within the scope of that act the prohibition of a discharge of a homosexual or transgender person from employment on account of that identity. The decision is captioned Bostock v. Clayton County . Gerald Bostock was a coordinator of child welfare services for Clayton County, Georgia, a county of roughly a quarter million population. Justice Gorsuch wrote the opinion for the majority (six). This itself was a body blow to the religious conservatives who are a critical part of President Trump's political support. Many of those folks have long held the view that, "no, Trump is no great shakes as a human being, but at least he will deliver for us on judicial nominations." Gorsuch's opi...