All posts tagged "federal courts"
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Barring Supreme Court intervention, Virginia same-sex marriages could begin next week
A federal appeals court paved the way Wednesday for same-sex marriages to begin in Virginia on Aug. 20. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled...
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Marriage equality’s race back to the Supreme Court
A case challenging Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage reached the U.S. Supreme Court Friday, marking the third marriage equality case now before the nation’s highest...
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Rand Paul’s same-sex marriage balancing act
Libertarian vs. GOP presidential candidate?
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Supreme Court asked to hear Oklahoma same-sex marriage case
A case challenging Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage reached the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, marking the second marriage-equality case to be petitioned to the nation’s...
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Virginia attorney general will ask Supreme Court to hear marriage equality case
Virginia attorney general will ask Supreme Court to hear marriage equality case
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Utah appeals same-sex marriage case to Supreme Court
The state of Utah formally appealed a case striking down the state’s same-sex marriage ban to the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, once again placing the...
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Federal judge dismisses challenge to New Jersey “ex-gay therapy” ban
A challenge to New Jersey’s law prohibiting “ex-gay therapy” for minors was dismissed by a federal judge Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge Freda Wolfson dismissed...
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Federal appeals court rules Virginia same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
A federal appeals court found Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional in a ruling handed down Monday.
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Federal judge rules against Colorado same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge ordered Colorado officials to cease enforcing the state’s ban on same-sex marriage in a ruling handed down Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge...
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Federal appeals court rules Oklahoma same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
Federal appeals court rules Oklahoma same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.
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Utah to appeal same-sex marriage case to the Supreme Court
Utah officials will appeal a federal court decision declaring the state’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional to the U.S. Supreme Court. The office of Utah Attorney General Sean...
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Federal judge strikes down Kentucky same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge struck down Kentucky’s ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, declaring the law in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment...
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Federal appeals court rules Utah same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional in a ruling handed down Wednesday. The 2-1...
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Federal judge strikes down Indiana same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge struck down Indiana’s same-sex marriage ban Wednesday, declaring the law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause and Equal Protection...
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Senate confirms two gay black judicial nominees to federal bench
Includes the first out black man in the nation’s history to serve as a federal judge
