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SACRAMENTO, CA — (10-22-20) — Governor Newsom nominated the first openly gay Black American justice to serve on the California Supreme Court. Justice Martin Jenkins, who serves as judicial appointments secretary to the governor, has now been nominated to serve on the state’s highest court. If confirmed, Newsom’s office said Justice Jenkins would be the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (06-18-20) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's plan to end DACA, the Obama-era program that shields nearly 700,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation, upending a key feature of President Trump’s immigration agenda. In a stunning 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court justices said the Trump administration [...]
WASHINGTON — (06-15-20) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration' challenge to California's "Sanctuary Law", leaving intact rules that prohibit law enforcement officials from aiding Immigration agents in taking custody of undocumented immigrants as they are released from jail. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. were in the minority [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-15-20) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made history in a 6-3 Decision ruling that Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Are Protected by the Civil Rights Act. The ruling that employers who fire someone “merely for being gay or transgender” is a Civil Rights violation under federal law. Such a sex-based [...]
NEW ORLEANS, LA — (01-29-20) — A federal appeals court voted on Wednesday against rehearing an Obamacare legal challenge, after a three-judge panel struck down along party lines, the healthcare law's individual mandate. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals voted 8-6 on Wednesday, against rehearing the case, after one of the judges asked for a [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C – (10-11-19) (LGBT Politics) – U.S. Court of Appeals for the district of Columbia have rejected President Trump's appeal over releasing his financial records to congressional investigators. The federal court on Friday, upholds Congressional investigators subpoena for Trump’s financial records from the accounting firm of Mazars USA, dating back eight years. The court [...]
PHOENIX, AZ — (09-17-19) (Gay News) — Arizona Supreme Court ruled in favor of two Christian Artists who refused to serve LGBTQ customers, in effect, approving anti-LGBTQ discrimination. The court ruled on a 4-3 vote on Monday saying that the free speech rights of two Christian artists who make wedding invitations, were violated by the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C — (08-22-19) — Donald Trump continues his war against LGBTQ Americans in three court cases, filing multiple briefs last Friday in a critical LGBTQ rights case taking place on October 8. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a trio of cases to determine if the protections of Title VII of [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C — (06-17-19) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear the LGBTQ Wedding Cake case in Oregon. The Oregon Supreme court ruled against bakers who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Thanks to the justices decision not to hear the high-profile case, the story will continue as [...]
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON — (06-06-19) — Washington state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state courts ruling against Barronelle Stutzman and her business, Arlene’s Flowers, who refused to serve a gay couple, did not act with religious animus when they ruled that the florist violated the state’s anti-discrimination law by refusing to sell flowers to a [...]