Tag Archives: Supreme Court

Earlier this month I reported that the House GOP was planning to ask the Supreme Court to rule on the First Circuit Court of Appeal’s overturn of DOMA’s Section 3. Today they did just that. Chris Geidner reports: In a filing obtained by Metro Weekly, BLAG asks the Supreme Court, which must agree to consider the case, to take the …

“Four liberal activists on the Supreme Court — Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor — are probably ready to declare that homosexual marriage is a constitutional right, as their predecessors declared abortion to be a constitutional right. But Obama needs one more justice. If elected, he will get it, and same-sex marriage will be forced on …

The Supreme Court today began hearing the case to repeal the Affordable Care Act on the basis of its constitutionality. The public sessions started Monday with 90 minutes of lively debate on a legally dense, but nonetheless important, question. It boils down to whether the health care law’s key provision is a “tax” that could prevent the court from considering …

As India’s Supreme Court reconsiders a 2009 ruling that decriminalized gay sex, today the government told the Court that it accepts and will not challenge that earlier ruling. A lawyer told the Supreme Court that the government would not challenge a 2009 order by the Delhi High Court striking down a colonial-era law that made gay sex a crime. The …

Nobody knows what happened in India today. A sensitive debate over gay sex in India was thrown into farcical confusion Thursday after a government lawyer urged the Supreme Court to ban it — only for the government to issue a contradictory statement hours later, saying it accepts a recent ruling that made it legal. Television channels reported that the lawyer …

RELATED: New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz and NYC Councilman Fernando Cabrera will be staging a protest rally this Thursday. As a State Senator representing constituents who attend worship services in public high schools and as the President of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization and through this column I invite all Ministers and members of the community to join …

Via press release: Inspired by our friends at Occupy Wall Street, and Dr. Cornel West, Move To Amend is planning bold action to mark the second anniversary of the infamous Citizens United v. FEC decision! Occupy the Courts will be a one day occupation of Federal courthouses across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday …

Rev. Patrick Mahoney (left) and his Christian Defense Coalition will today stage a live nativity scene on the steps of the Supreme Court. Because they’re being oppressed. A lot! Via press release: “Sadly, we are seeing an erosion and hostility toward public expressions of faith in the public square. The is especially true during the Christmas season. The Nativity Project …

The Supreme Court has declined to block the release of the names on Washington State’s Referendum 71 petition. The decision is seen as portending against NOM, should their similar battle ever reach the nation’s highest court. “This means we can once again release these public records,” said Katie Blinn, co-director of state elections in the office of Secretary of State …

The Supreme Court today announced that it will hear an appeal on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, which mandates penalties for citizens who fail to purchase private health insurance. A decision is expected by June, timing that will surely have an impact on the 2012 party conventions.

Today the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling that adoptive gay parents may not both be listed an a child’s amended birth certificate. The justices rejected the California couple’s appeal Tuesday without comment. The couple claims that Louisiana, where the child was born, has an unconstitutional policy against adoption by unmarried partners. The state …

Several members of Congress have filed a formal ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas because of his wife’s prominent role with the Tea Party. “Public records demonstrate a failure by Justice Thomas to exercise the care expected of a Supreme Court Justice,” the letter says. “Not only did Justice Thomas fail to report at least $1.6 million in …

Suck it, Alan Keyes. The high court on Monday refused without comment to hear a challenge brought by conservative activist Alan Keyes and other members of the American Independent Party. They contend Obama wasn’t eligible to be president because he was not born in the U.S., and thus not a citizen. U.S. courts, and the Supreme Court, have previously thrown …

The Supreme Court today refused to hear the appeal of a lower court’s ruling that faith-based humanitarian organizations may legally refuse to hire those outside of their religion. The suit had been brought on behalf of several former employees of the massive Virgina-based evangelical group World Vision. In August, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that World Vision could …

Equality Matters notes: In Lawrence v. Texas (2003), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Texas’ sodomy statute was unconstitutional, marking a major legal victory on the path towards LGBT equality. With the remainder of state sodomy laws technically invalidated by Lawrence, the LGBT community began to shift its focus. [snip] Eight years later, however, eighteen states still refuse to …

Despite Lawrence Vs. Texas, laws specifically against gay sex remain on the books in four states. Ten other states continue to outlaw all acts of sodomy. Last month the GOP blocked an attempt to delete such a law in Montana. (Via – Matt Yglesias)

Even though in 2003 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all anti-sodomy laws in its landmark Lawrence vs. Texas ruling, two state legislators in Kansas are fighting to keep their now unconstitutional laws on the books. The Kansas Equality Coalition reports: State Representatives Jan Pauls (D, Hutchinson), and Lance Kinzer (R, Olathe) said yesterday that being gay or lesbian should …

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