All posts tagged "eric holder"
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Former AGs Meese, Ashcroft Call Obama Move on DOMA “Extreme” in Appeals Court Filing
This past week, the appeal of Karen Golinski’s case seeking equal health insurance coverage for her wife began with the filing by the Republican-led House...
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News Analysis: Obama’s Marriage Equality Support Is Not the Half-Loaf Some Are Claiming
Much is being made — from Gawker...
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BREAKING: OBAMA EVOLVES: “I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.”
President Barack Obama today announced his support for the right...
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With West’s Promotion, Out Gay Lawyer Delery to Take Helm of Justice Department’s Civil Division
Today, the Department of Justice announced that the lawyer who argued against the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in court this past December,...
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Obama’s Decision Not to Defend DOMA, One Year Later
A year ago today, the announcement about the Defense of Marriage Act came by way of a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to House...
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DOJ Won’t Defend DOMA, Other Laws Preventing Equal Treatment for Servicemembers With Same-Sex Spouses
The Department of Justice sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) today stating that the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments would not be...
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SLDN, DOJ Agree to 60-Day Delay in Case Challenging Gay Servicemembers’ Spousal Benefits
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, the LGBT military legal advocacy group, agreed to delay its challenge to military policies that the organization says discriminate against servicemembers...
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The Year in LGBT Law: A Changed Landscape of Unexpected Developments — and Waiting
On Jan. 1, 2011, most LGBT legal commentators were ready for a federal appellate court ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — or at...
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DOMA's Changing Landscape
On Feb. 23, Attorney General Eric Holder made the historic announcement that the Department of Justice would no longer be defending Section 3 of the...
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SLDN Lawyers Tell Court “American Servicemembers and Their Families Are Among DOMA’s Victims”
Today, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network took the next step in their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of unequal spousal benefits granted to servicemembers in...
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DOJ Argues DOMA’s Unconstitutionality Holds, Even in Immigration Context
To follow up on Metro Weekly‘s report, “Defending DOMA, Fighting Back,” about the Department of Justice filing on Friday, Sept. 2, in a challenge to...
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Defending DOMA, Fighting Back
Hamdi Lui and Michael Ernest Roberts, a same-sex couple married in Massachusetts but living in California, brought a case aimed at keeping Lui – a...
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Six Months Later
It was only six months ago that Attorney General Eric Holder sent the letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), informing Boehner that he and...
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DOJ: Court Should Not Dismiss Karen Golinski’s Health Benefits Claim, Should Instead Find DOMA Unconstitutional
Today, the Department of Justice filed a brief in federal court employee Karen Golinski’s federal court challenge, supporting her lawsuit seeking access to equal health...
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Attorney General Holder Vacates Immigration Decision Based on DOMA
Attorney General Eric Holder today filed a very rare decision, vacating a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals related to the application of Paul...
