All posts tagged "justice department"
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Trump administration tells Supreme Court to make discriminating against trans people legal
Justice Department wants SCOTUS to rule that Title VII doesn't protect trans workers from sex discrimination
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Justice Department sides with anti-gay baker on discrimination case
DOJ repeats arguments that cake-baking is a form of protected First Amendment speech
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Anti-LGBTQ Jeff Sessions confirmed as Attorney General
LGBTQ groups call his confirmation "distressing," "deeply disturbing" and a "travesty"
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Justice Department sues university for transgender discrimination
The lawsuit marks a historic first for the Justice Department
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Holder names out gay man to head Justice Department’s Civil Division
Attorney General Eric Holder taps Ben Mizer to be the next head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division
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Loretta Lynch asked about same-sex marriage and polygamy at confirmation hearing
President Barack Obama’s nominee for attorney general fielded questions on same-sex marriage and polygamy during her confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Justice Department will include gender identity under sex discrimination ban
Attorney General Eric Holder determines Title VII's prohibition of sex discrimination encompasses discrimination based on gender identity.
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Justice Department updates profiling ban to include sexual orientation, gender identity
Federal law enforcement agencies will be prohibited from profiling on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in most cases under new guidance issued...
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Obama administration to recognize marriages performed in new marriage-equality states
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday that marriages taking place in states impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not hear several cases challenging same-sex...
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Holder: LGBT equality “civil rights issue of our day”
Departing Attorney General says LGBT equality "civil rights issue of our day"
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Eric Holder’s LGBT-rights legacy
When Eric Holder steps down as attorney general after nearly six years as the nation’s top lawyer, he will leave behind a legacy on LGBT-rights...
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As Obama administration concludes DOMA ruling implementation, focus returns to Congress
Attorney General Eric Holder announced the completion of the administration’s implementation of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Section 3 of the Defense...
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Holder: Boy Scouts’ gay ban ‘relic of an age of prejudice’
Holder calls Boy Scouts' gay ban a "relic of an age of prejudice"
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Obama administration will recognize Michigan’s legally married same-sex couples
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday that the Obama administration will recognize the more than 300 same-sex couples legally married in Michigan before the intervention...
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REPORT: Obama administration will file brief in Prop. 8 case
The Obama administration will file a brief in the Proposition 8 case before the Supreme Court, NBC News reported Thursday afternoon. “Administration officials say the...
