This week the U. S. Supreme Court announced that in the fall it will hear the case “Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.” The case – which will have many of us LGBTQ Americans on pins and needles – will argue the parameters of one’s right to practice their religion and their right to…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today announced it will review a decision from the Colorado Court of Appeals that found that a cake shop discriminated against a same-sex couple by refusing to sell them a wedding cake. In 2012, Colorado residents David Mullins and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cakeshop to order a wedding cake. Mullins and…
WASHINGTON — Today, Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States. He becomes the 113th justice of the Supreme Court. Vice President Pence presided over the Senate on the final vote, which was 54-45, as three Democrats crossed party lines to confirm…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States announced it will not hear the case of G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board this term. Gavin Grimm, a transgender boy, filed suit against the school board alleging it violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 by denying him use of the boy’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C., — In a comprehensive report released today, Alliance for Justice reviews the career and rulings of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch and concludes that “on the merits, Judge Gorsuch is not qualified to serve on the Supreme Court.” The report relies on an extensive review of Judge Gorsuch’s record both before…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Friday announced it will review a decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that found that federal anti-discrimination law protects the right of teenage boy who is transgender, to use the men’s restrooms at his Virginia high school. The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Virginia brought the…
In a 5-3 decision Monday, the Supreme Court struck down two abortion restrictions in a Texas law, known as HB 2, that would have shut down dozens of clinics across the state. It mandated that abortions take place in ambulatory surgical centers, or mini hospitals, instead of regular clinics. The ruling in Whole Woman’s Health…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Equality California has joined a diverse coalition of 326 immigration, civil rights, labor, and social service groups that filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Texas. The brief urges the court to lift an injunction that blocks executive actions on immigration that President Obama announced in…
Today, in an op-ed in The Advocate HRC President Chad Griffin called on President Obama to build on his legacy of LGBT equality by nominating an openly LGBT Supreme Court justice. Writes Griffin, “President Obama has nominated 10 openly LGBT federal judges during his presidency, and he has appointed hundreds of LGBT officials to various…
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP), strongly condemned legislation gaining traction in Tennessee that attempts to defy the Supreme Court of the United States on marriage equality. Being pushed by Rep. Mark Pody (R-46), the so-called Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act attempts to eliminate marriage equality in the state…
