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Archives, Judges, and United States. Supreme Court -- Officials & employees

Reports on the controversy caused by the Washington, D.C.-based Library of Congress' release of the personal papers donated by the late United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Contents of the papers; Publication of articles about Thurgood's papers by `The Washington Post'; Chief Justice William Rehnquist's criticism of librarian James H. Billington; Reactions of justices, columnists and Marshall's former clerks. INSET: Behind the scenes..

Washington (D.C.), United States, United States. Supreme Court, Library of Congress, Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993, Fein, Bruce, and Jost, Kenneth

Presents opposing views of the authors concerning Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's donation of his personal papers to the Library of Congress. Accusation on Marshall and the Library of Congress of jeopardizing the Supreme Court's confidentiality; Criticisms on the actions of Marshall by commentator Bruce Fein; Views of journalist Kenneth Jost on the transparency of the judicial system.

Judgments (Law), Transgender rights, Transgender people, Employment discrimination, Civil Rights Act of 1964 (U.S.), and Civil rights

The article discusses court decisions regarding the formulation of transgender rights to avoid sex discrimination in employment in the U.S. It cites the case of Glenn Morrison who was terminated from his work in the Office of Legislative Counsel when he announced his plan to turn into a woman. Retired U.S. Army Special Operations colonel David Schroer was also terminated as terrorism analyst at the Library of Congress after he undergone a facial surgery and sex change to help him transform into a woman. However, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination based of race, color, religion or national origin but it does not specifically include protection for transgender people.