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Cite as:  590 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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Opinion of the Court 
ALITO, J., dissenting 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 17–1618, 17–1623 and 18–107 
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17–1618 

GERALD LYNN BOSTOCK, PETITIONER 
v. 
CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT 

17–1623 

ALTITUDE EXPRESS, INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
MELISSA ZARDA AND WILLIAM ALLEN MOORE, JR., 
CO-INDEPENDENT EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF 
DONALD ZARDA 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT 

R.G. & G.R. HARRIS FUNERAL HOMES, INC., 
PETITIONER 
18–107 
v. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, 
ET AL. 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT 

[June 15, 2020] 

JUSTICE  ALITO,  with  whom  JUSTICE  THOMAS  joins,

dissenting. 

There is only one word for what the Court has done today: 
legislation.  The document that the Court releases is in the 
form of a judicial opinion interpreting a statute, but that is
deceptive.