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Conservative justices hint at procedural barrier to DOMA ruling
WASHINGTON -- Two of the Supreme Court's most conservative members suggested Wednesday that procedural barriers should prevent the justices from ruling on the constitutionality of the federal law that denies benefits to legally married same-sex couples,...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Trials, Court Administration, Barack Obama
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Same-sex marriage can't be stopped by courts
WASHINGTON -- To see the future of gay marriage, you didn't have to set foot in the Supreme Court chamber Tuesday morning as the justices took up the first of two landmark cases on the issue. You needed only to stand in the plaza in front of the court...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, George W. Bush, Minority Groups, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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Liberal justices, Kennedy appear to favor ending part of DOMA
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrapped up a second day of arguments on gay marriage, as Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and the court’s liberal justices appeared headed toward striking down the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that denies...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Elena Kagan, Minority Groups, Lawyers
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Illinois Catholic couple taking on Obama over contraception mandate
An Oak Brook health care company and its Roman Catholic owners who don't want to include birth control in their employees' benefits still have no choice, despite exceptions to the contraception mandate proposed by the Obama administration this month....
Tags: Springfield, Joliet, Oak Brook, Civil Rights, Health and Safety at Work
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Excerpts of Tuesday's gay marriage case at high court
Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court: ___ On whether the case should be before them (Chief Justice John Roberts and...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Samuel A. Alito, Civil Rights, Trials
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Scalia gets it right
In his opinions on abortion and gay rights, Justice Antonin Scalia has taken an offensively narrow view of the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection of the laws. But when it comes to the 4th Amendment's more specific protection...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Gays and Lesbians, Elena Kagan
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The stakes before the court
WASHINGTON -- Don't take anything for granted. The conservative activists on the Supreme Court may not be able to halt the inexorable shift toward acceptance of gay marriage, but we probably should expect them to try. The two big cases being argued this...
Tags: Clarence Thomas, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Samuel A. Alito, Minority Groups
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Prop. 8: Justice Kagan cuts to the injustice of gay marriage ban
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Gotta hand it to Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. Tuesday morning she interrupted Charles J. Cooper, the attorney representing the anti-gay marriage side in the court’s hearing on California’s Proposition 8. She cut through the legal...Tags: Strom Thurmond, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Justin Bieber
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California gay marriage argument at high court Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow it. The court's first major...
Tags: Washington, DC, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Civil Rights, Trials
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Prop. 8: Gay marriage backers pleased with Supreme Court hearing
SAN FRANCISCO -- Backers of gay marriage expressed satisfaction with the arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying they believed the justices supported their position. Jon Davidson, legal director of Lambda Legal, a gay rights...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Trials
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Prop. 8 plaintiffs believe love will prevail in Supreme Court
On the steps of the Supreme Court, moments after their attorneys argued that gays and lesbians should be given the constitutional right to marry Tuesday, California plaintiffs in the Proposition 8 case said they are looking forward to the high court&...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, Family
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Defense of Prop. 8 draws sharp questions from liberal justices
WASHINGTON – The lawyer defending California’s ban on same-sex marriage drew skeptical questioning from swing justices Tuesday as the Supreme Court began two historic days of oral arguments considering the rights of gays and lesbians....Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Judges, Justice System, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage
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