Tag Archives: Shannon Minter
Kennedy statement seems to drive religious refusal cases
The U.S. Supreme Court passed on its latest opportunity to decide whether a business can claim a religious exemption from a state law prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations, but such a case seems inevitable.
Supreme Court will review three Title VII cases
In what one legal activist termed an "aggressive" move, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review lower court decisions in three Title VII workplace discrimination cases --two that were resolved in favor of LGBT employees, one in favor
Supreme Court hands Trump temporary win on trans ban
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that the Trump administration could begin implementing its ban on transgender people in the military but said it would look at the constitutionality of the policy after the lower courts have ruled.
HHS moves again to stop protections for transgender people
News broke Sunday that the Department of Health and Human Services has prepared a proposal that could jeopardize the ability of transgender people to get medical care under the Affordable Care Act. President Trump said he's just trying to "protect
Kavanaugh confirmation likely to prompt shift to state courts
LGBT legal activists think the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court will likely mean a shift of strategy, focusing more on state courts than federal ones. But anti-LGBT legal activists will probably seek to escalate their
LGBT groups urge caution over Kavanaugh
Calls by LGBT groups and others to delay the confirmation vote for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court has won at least a few days. In a story that is changing quickly, the Judiciary Committee has agreed
No comfort in Kavanaugh’s responses at hearing
After calling Brown v. Board of Education one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions, nominee Brett Kavanaugh said he couldn't comment on his opinion of the court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Kavanaugh: a ‘yank’ to the ‘extreme right’
The head of the LGBTQ Task Force said of Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: "“There hasn’t been a nominee for the Supreme Court this extreme since Robert Bork.”
Kennedy: ‘He got Roberts, Alito, and Gorsuch’
The outcome of the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado case has ushered in a new level of unpredictability to Supreme Court decision-making when it involves LGBT people. But sometimes, the unpredicted result sounds very promising.
