Author Archives: Lisa Keen
Why LGBTQ people care about the fight over RU-486
The court fight over RU-486 could determine whether any federal judge could hinder availability of a medicine --including products LGBTQ people rely on-- even after a federal agency of experts has approved it.
Trans battle heats up as Biden, courts, weigh in
After months of states passing laws to prevent transgender students from participating in sports according to their gender identity, the U.S. Supreme Court takes a vote that throws cold water on the hostility and the Biden administration proposes a law
At Supreme Court, fact contortion likely to gut protections
There were strange arguments to contend with December 5, as the U. S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in this session's big LGBTQ-related case. The conservative majority appears poised to gut protections for LGBTQ people in state public accommodations laws.
‘Extremely troubling’ start to Supreme Court session
The way the U.S. Supreme Court has worded its question around the latest anti-LGBTQ appeal, many legal activists say the eventual decision could have “far broader implications” than a religious exemption to sexual orientation protections.
Small victory in long legal religious war
Chief Justice John Roberts and conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh voted with the U.S. Supreme Court’s three liberal-leaning justices September 14 to reject a request that would have undermined a New York City law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in
Abortion decision lays out ‘horrifying’ new landscape
In a ruling that one legal activist said will put LGBT rights “on the chopping block,” the U.S. Supreme Court today (June 24) ruled 6 to 3 that the U.S. Constitution “does not prohibit” states from banning abortion.
Abortion decision leak sounds ‘firebell’ at Supreme Court
LGBT legal activists expressed deep alarm Monday night over an apparent draft of the upcoming abortion decision at the U.S. Supreme Court, saying it almost certainly signals future prospects for overturning landmark pro-LGBT decisions.
Biden names second lesbian judge to federal appeals bench
President Biden has named a second lesbian judge to the Second Circuit federal appeals court bench: Alison Nathan of Manhattan.
