All posts tagged "doma"
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Supreme Court Makes No Announcement on Marriage Equality Cases
The Supreme Court announced it would take up six cases in an order issued this morning, but made no announcement on the marriage equality cases...
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Marriage Equality Could Return to California Next Month as Supreme Court Considers Cases
The Supreme Court’s nine justices return from their summer break today with a number of cases that could have strong implications for marriage equality awaiting...
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Pelosi and 144 House Democrats File Brief Against DOMA
Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and 144 other House Democrats filed a brief on Friday arguing that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage...
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Fourth DOMA Case Petitioned to Supreme Court
Pressure is mounting on the Supreme Court as another case challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act was petitioned for review on Tuesday....
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Court Denies Motion To Stay DOMA Case Proceedings
An attempt by a House committee to halt proceedings on a case challenging the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...
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Constitutional Countdown
On the same day that a federal judge in Connecticut became the latest to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, supporters...
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House Democrats Urge DHS To Recognize Same-Sex Couples
Democrats on Capitol Hill today urged the government to recognize binational same-sex relationships in deportation cases. In a letter sent to the Department of Homeland...
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Another Court Rules Against DOMA
Another federal judge has ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act. An appointee of President George W. Bush, U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa Bryant today...
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Petitions Challenging DOMA Piling Up
Last week the Supreme Court received its fourth petition in less than a month asking the high court to review the constitutionality of the Defense...
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BREAKING: Mass. Attorney General Urges Supreme Court to Uphold DOMA Rulings
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office filed a brief on Tuesday urging the Supreme Court to uphold rulings by lower courts that have found the Defense...
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Republican Congressman Moves To Ban Same-Sex Weddings on Military Bases
Nearly a month after two men became the first gay couple to marry on a military base since the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,”...
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Widow Petitions DOMA Case to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has been petitioned to review another case challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act. On Monday, lawyers for 83-year-old Edith...
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Immigrant Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against DOMA
The Defense of Marriage Act has once again been challenged in court after an immigrant from the Philippines filed a class action lawsuit July 12...
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Gay Libertarian Challenges Holmes Norton
Bruce Majors's platform for Congress may raise some eyebrows: he doesn't have one. ''I don't think I need one,'' Majors says candidly. ''I'm not running...
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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Immigration Board Decisions Suggest Plans For a Post-DOMA America
Recent decisions from the Obama administration suggest that the government is taking tentative first steps to gear up for the day when an American with...
