Unpleaded Title VII Exemption That Nixed Pregnancy Bias Suit Argued In High Court

( November 3, 2026, 10:21 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Nov. 2 in a dispute over whether a defendant can obtain summary judgment based on an affirmative defense regarding Title VII’s personal staff exclusion that was never pleaded in a fired pregnant woman’s pregnancy discrimination case against the Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office in Georgia....