Category Archives: Federal Courts
Understanding Fulton: The ‘bullets’ will keep coming
In some respects, the U.S. Supreme Court decision June 17 in Fulton v. Philadelphia was a "win" for LGBT legal activists. But that's primarily because they once again "dodged a bullet" aimed at taking down a previous decision that blocks
Supreme Court 9-0: Religious claim trumps civil rights ordinance
In a stunning outcome, all nine U.S. Supreme Court justices agreed that a city contractor can claim a religious exemption from a city's ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Supreme Court: No recourse for sexual assault victims in military
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this month (May 3) that it would not review an appeal brought by a female West Point cadet who says the federal government should be liable for injuries she sustained from a sexual assault at
Another surprise split among LGBTs at Supreme Court
Once again this session, LGBT groups and individuals are lined up on opposite sides of a conflict at the U.S. Supreme Court. This time, it's about whether groups can be forced to disclose who their donors are.
LGBT groups on opposite sides of Supreme Court case
LGBT groups have submitted briefs in support of both sides of a U.S. Supreme Court case in which high school authorities say they have a right to discipline a student for something said off campus and after school hours.
Barrett apologizes for term ‘sexual preference’
Both Republicans and Democrats had LGBT-related questions for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, in the second day of her confirmation hearing.
Hostile motive read in Thomas-Alito statement
The Human Rights Campaign and others say they think Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have signaled their intentions to revisit the Obergefell marriage equality decision.
