All posts tagged "eric holder"
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White House Briefing: Holder, Clement and DOMA
From this morning’s off-camera press gaggle with White House press secretary Jay Carney: QUESTION: A question on the situation regarding the Defense of Marriage...
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Senators Kerry, Leahy, 10 Others Ask DOJ, DHS to Hold Same-Sex Bi-National Couples’ Immigration Petitions
Following up on the March 31 letter that Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) sent to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano seeking a stop on deportations of...
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Immigration Official: “The Hold Is Over”
The “hold” on same-sex married bi-national couples’ green card applications — celebrated by immigration and LGBT advocates — is over, according to the spokesman for...
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DHS Official: Bi-National Immigration Case Abeyances Could End Within A Week
The announcement on Monday, March 28, that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had...
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DOJ's New Scrutiny
The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division's report on its ''Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department,'' which was released on March 16, detailed serious...
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DOMA's Immigration Implications
The fallout from the Feb. 23 announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder that the Justice Department will no longer defend Section 3 of the Defense...
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More DOMA Fallout: DOJ Tackles How DOMA Decision Impacts Judicial Benefits Case
The Department of Justice filed its response today to an inquiry from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California about the case...
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DOJ Stops Defending DOMA Provision
The Department of Justice has announced that it believes courts should apply heightened scrutiny to laws that classify people based on sexual orientation – particularly...
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BREAKING: DOJ Will No Longer Defend Section 3 of DOMA
The Department of Justice has made a decision that heightened scrutiny applies to sexual orientation...
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Hate Crimes Law Stands
On Tuesday, Sept. 7, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Ludington dismissed a challenge to the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act....
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Information Deficit
Prominent gay attorney Joseph R. Price, his partner Victor Zaborsky and their former roommate Dylan Ward were noticeably missing on Monday, Aug. 6, at the...
