All posts tagged "Fifth Amendment"
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John Cornyn Grills Ketanji Brown Jackson Over Gay Marriage
The Texas senator decries judicial activism, citing the 2015 Supreme Court decision overturning state bans on same-sex marriages.
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Federal judge hears challenge to DC Department of Corrections’ housing policy for transgender inmates
A federal judge will soon issue a ruling in a lawsuit challenging the D.C. Department of Corrections' policy for housing transgender inmates.
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Transgender prisoner sues DC over Department of Corrections policy housing her in men’s unit
A prisoner in D.C. Jail has filed a class action lawsuit challenging a policy that places transgender female inmates in men's units.
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Federal court rules same-sex partners are entitled to receive Social Security survivor’s benefits
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Social Security Administration’s categorical denial of survivor’s benefits to surviving same-sex partners who were barred from marrying...
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Trump administration sued over anti-LGBTQ “denial of care” rule
Exemption allows health care workers to refuse to provide care to LGBTQ people and others based on religious beliefs
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Federal judge halts discharges of HIV-positive Air Force members
Judge issues injunction to prevent discharges of HIV-positive individuals while case is argued in court
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Trump’s Department of Defense has already begun discharging HIV-positive service members
Plaintiffs are being discharged despite receiving support of commanding officers and meeting medical and physical requirements to serve
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5 transgender service members sue to block proposed ban
Lawyers representing five anonymous transgender service members with nearly 60 years of combined military service have filed a federal lawsuit to block the Trump administration...
