In Wake of Gorsuch Debut, a Look at How Justices Voted on Job Bias

No, this isn’t a story about Justice Neil Gorsuch’s voting record in employment discrimination cases.

Instead, it’s a look at the record in job bias cases of the court Gorsuch just joined. The hope is that the numbers presented here provide some insight into whether Gorsuch’s confirmation signals the painful reckoning for worker rights that some have foretold. Or is it just the politics surrounding Supreme Court nominees carrying us away?

The data reflected in the graphics that follow show the outcomes in employment discrimination cases decided by the high court from Justice Antonin Scalia’s ascent in 1986 to the ...