Nationwide employees who are gay, lesbian, and transgender are now protected by law from discrimination. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme court ruled 6-3 that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects people from being fired for being gay, lesbian, or transgender.

When asked about the decision, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) told KCII News that it makes Congress’ job ‘very easy’ when it comes to legislation, “This issue was an interpretation of existing law. And I think it’s the law of the land now. It’s got to be followed and it will be followed. And so people that have problems with businesses on not being treated fairly as being lesbian, gay, transgender, et cetera, et cetera, they are going to have the law protecting them now. And in some states they already have that protection. But they don’t have that in every state, and they have it now.”

The Second and Sixth Circuit Courts allowed claims to proceed in the cases of Donald Zarda, who was fired days after he mentioned being gay, and Aimee Stephens, who presented as male when she was hired and was fired after telling her employer she planned to live and work full-time as a woman. Each sued, alleging sex discrimination. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion explaining that the U.S. Constitution bans discrimination for employment based on race, religion, national origin, or sex. The other Justices who joined Gorsuch included Chief Justice John Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. Dissenting opinions came from Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh.