Yearly Archives: 2010
New chief of staff: an ‘internal advocate’
President Obama announced that White House senior adviser Peter Rouse will take over immediately as his Chief of Staff, replacing Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel is leaving his post to launch a campaign to run for mayor of Chicago.
Obama: Orderly repeal of DADT protects gays
In the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine, President Obama says he’s “probably accomplished,” in the first two years of his administration, “70 percent of the things that we said we were going to do.” One of his accomplishments, he said,
Judge Walker to retire next year
The federal district court judge who earlier this year presided over the landmark trial challenging the constitutionality of California’s same-sex marriage ban announced Wednesday that he will retire in February. Judge Vaughn Walker, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for
NOM sues for protection from campaign disclosure laws
Imagine Ted Olson, the champion against a California law banning same-sex marriage, teaming up with attorneys who want to enable unlimited amounts of money to be spent to promote bans on same-sex marriage.
Second big legal victory against DADT
For the second time this month, a federal judge has ruled Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell violates the federal constitution.
