Constitutional law professor Justin Driver shares a convincing argument why the Supreme Court is best bet for federal recognition of gay marriage.
Courtesy of the National Center For Lesbian Rights By Shannon Minter, Esq. National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Today brings a new development in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Prop 8, which amended the California Constitution to strip same-sex couples of the freedom to marry. Perry is currently on appeal [...]
This just in from Court House News: U.S. District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick ruled last week that a former TV news anchor who is white can sue a Fox station for firing him after he used the word “nigger” during a newsroom meeting. Sounds crazy right? Here’s the rub: Philadelphia TV news anchorman Tom Burlington [...]
Topping their “Hall of Shame 2010,” conservative legal group Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) crowned San Francisco federal judge Vaughn Walker as the number one offender for his ruling of Prop 8 as unconstitutional. The Sacramento, CA-based non-profit published their list of equality offenses which include denounced judges, elected officials, and a school district over decisions [...]
Here’s the press release from Service Members Legal Defense Network announcing the suit: Highly Decorated Service Members Discharged Under “Don’t Ask” File in Federal Court to Serve Again WASHINGTON, D.C. – Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) and Morrison & Foerster LLP filed a complaint today against the United States government asking for the reinstatement of [...]
Judge Cantil-Sakauye is also the first person of color to serve on the state’s supreme court and the second woman. We’re so happy for her. The state’s Filipino community must be just bursting with pride right about now. We ran a story about Cantil-Sakauye back in July who performed a same-sex ceremony for a gay [...]
During an appearance on Wednesday as a guest speaker at the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture Series at UCLA in Los Angeles, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen stated that if Don’t Ask Don’t Tell law is to be repealed, it is much better changed by Congress than by the courts.
