Richmond General District Court Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland, who was appointed to the bench by Circuit Court judges last June on an interim basis after … [Read more...] about Virginia’s First Out Gay Judge Faces Interview Before Legislature
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The Second Amendment Exists, Let’s Deal With It: Legal Lessons from Newtown
BY ARI EZRA WALDMANThose of us who believe in reasonable limitations on an individual's ability to get his or her hands on weapons of … [Read more...] about The Second Amendment Exists, Let’s Deal With It: Legal Lessons from Newtown
The Supreme Court and Proposition 8: High Risk, High Reward?
BY ARI EZRA WALDMANThis is the first in a series of analyses about the Supreme Court's decision to hear cases challenging the … [Read more...] about The Supreme Court and Proposition 8: High Risk, High Reward?
Supreme Court Will Hear DOMA and Prop 8 Challenges: An Analysis
BY ARI EZRA WALDMANThe Supreme Court issued orders granting hearings in the Prop 8 case, Hollingsworth v. Perry, and one Defense of … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Will Hear DOMA and Prop 8 Challenges: An Analysis
Nevada Sends Another Marriage Case to the Supreme Court: Will It Affect DOMA, Prop 8 Decisions?
BY ARI EZRA WALDMANLast week, a federal judge in Nevada ruled against Lambda Legal's challenge to the state's ban on the freedom … [Read more...] about Nevada Sends Another Marriage Case to the Supreme Court: Will It Affect DOMA, Prop 8 Decisions?
What Is Happening at the Supreme Court Tomorrow?
BY ARI EZRA WALDMANThis term at the Supreme Court will decide what gay rights law will look like for a decade. But, before we get to the … [Read more...] about What Is Happening at the Supreme Court Tomorrow?
Obama Nominates Lesbian Latina Judge to Federal Bench
President Obama has nominated, for the first time, a lesbian Latina judge to the federal bench, the Washington Blade reports: The White House … [Read more...] about Obama Nominates Lesbian Latina Judge to Federal Bench
Seeing ‘How AIDS Ends’
BY ARI EZRA WALDMANWe're so busy falling over cliffs or sliding down slopes and waiting with bated breadth for word about whether the … [Read more...] about Seeing ‘How AIDS Ends’
Decision 2012: Obama, Baldwin, Maloney, Marriage Equality, and What It All Means
BY ARI EZRA WALDMANLast night, we re-elected Barack Obama as President of the United States. He is the first sitting president to be a … [Read more...] about Decision 2012: Obama, Baldwin, Maloney, Marriage Equality, and What It All Means
Second Circuit Holds DOMA Unconstitutional, Supreme Court Up Next: An Analysis
BY ARI EZRA WALDMANA relatively conservative three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided today that Section 3 of the … [Read more...] about Second Circuit Holds DOMA Unconstitutional, Supreme Court Up Next: An Analysis