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Understanding the Ninth Circuit Ruling in Prop 8 Case Denying Intervention and Certifying Question to California Supreme Court

Jan 5th, 2011 @ 9:49 am | Comments Off -
Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Imperial County’s attempt to intervene in the federal court challenge to Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that stripped...

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NC State Supreme Court Rules Against Gay Adoption

Dec 21st, 2010 @ 1:53 pm | Comments Off -
In what may be a precedent setting move, North Carolina’s state Supreme Court has voided a second-parent adoption case in which an openly lesbian state legislator had adopted...

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Justice Elena Kagan Recuses Herself from Scotus Appeal on DADT

Nov 16th, 2010 @ 11:12 am | Comments Off -
Supreme Court Justice, newly inducted, Elena Kagan recused herself from the future SCOTUS decision, indicating she won’t be a part of the nine-person bench when LCR’s lawsuit...

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Supreme Court Won’t Stop DADT Enforcement

Nov 16th, 2010 @ 11:09 am | Comments Off -
It has just been reported that the U.S. Supreme Court will not halt the discharges of openly gay service members under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”—meaning that the law will...

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Justice Department Asks Supreme Court Not To Intervene In DADT Case

Nov 11th, 2010 @ 3:15 pm | Comments Off -
As news of the Pentagon’s Working Group report echoes around the world, the Obama administration has urged the Supreme Court of the United States to not get involved in the...

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