GOP should thank Supreme Court for gay marriage decision
If I were Reince Preibus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, I would be sending U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy a thank-you note this week. Kennedy was the pivotal vote and...
View ArticleSupreme Court reaffirms supremacy over state courts, and why that matters now
Last week, the Supreme Court in James v. City of Boise unanimously and summarily reversed a decision by the Idaho Supreme Court wherein the state high court asserted that the U.S. Supreme Court lacked...
View ArticleLead plaintiff in gay marriage case mourns Scalia: 'Thank you for your...
Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff’s in the blockbuster case that legalized gay marriage across the country last year, on Saturday expressed his sympathy for the passing of one of the court’s most...
View ArticleAla. judge faces removal over anti-gay marriage order
The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court could be removed from the bench over an administrative order he sent telling the state’s probate judges to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court decision...
View ArticleRoy Moore: Gay marriage ruling ‘even worse’ than 1857 pro-slavery decision
Republican Alabama Senate nominee Roy Moore once argued that the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage was “even worse” than its ruling in the 19th century Dred Scott case, which found that...
View ArticleIn 'Masterpiece' case, the Supreme Court will decide what tolerance...
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. In the coming months, the justices will grapple with the question of what tolerance...
View ArticleTennessee GOP kill bill to ban child marriage
State House Republicans in Tennessee on Wednesday effectively killed a bill to ban child marriages in an effort to bolster a conservative lawyer’s case against the Supreme Court decision on same-sex...
View ArticleI battled Trump’s judicial nominee in court — I can't recommend him enough
Kyle Duncan is a magnificent nominee for the Fifth Circuit who ought to be swiftly confirmed. I have known him as a colleague and scholar of constitutional law at Louisiana State University Law School,...
View ArticleJim Obergefell ‘feeling somewhat despondent’ over Kennedy retirement
The plaintiff in the case that legalized gay marriage nationwide said Thursday he’s feeling “despondent” about the potential consequences of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement. James...
View ArticleKavanaugh is no threat to established precedent
Opponents of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court recently fastened on a speech in which he endorsed the idea that the Constitution ought to be interpreted according to the original mean...
View ArticlePhiladelphia case shouldn't stop Supreme Court from taking floral artist...
Proponents of religious liberty are celebrating the Supreme Court’s recent decision to hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. That case gives the court the opportunity to affirm the commonsense right of...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court must not license taxpayer funded discrimination
Five years ago, in a landmark ruling for equal justice and the LGBTQ community, the Supreme Court of the United States confirmed marriage equality as the law of the land. But now, anti-equality forces...
View ArticleSupreme Court rejects bid by ex-Kentucky clerk who defied gay marriage ruling...
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a lawsuit to proceed against Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who gained national attention in 2015 for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay...
View ArticleLGBTQ voters must show up at the polls, or risk losing progress
For LGBTQ voters, the 2020 presidential and congressional elections present a real opportunity to make history and reshape the future of this country. In the wake of the passing of Justice Ruth Bader...
View ArticlePlaintiff and defendant from Obergefell v. Hodges unite to oppose...
Both namesakes of Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, are opposing the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the court Tuesday.“We ask the...
View ArticlePlaintiff and defendant from Obergefell v. Hodges endorse Biden, blast Trump...
Jim Obergefell and Richard Hodges, the namesakes of the landmark 2015 Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage across the country, penned a fiery new op-ed urging voters to cast their...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren slams Justice Alito over 'nakedly partisan' speech
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday condemned Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito over a speech he gave Thursday at the Federalist Society’s annual meeting, which Warren called a “nakedly...
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