Category Archives: U.S. Circuit Courts
Trans battle heats up as Biden, courts, weigh in
After months of states passing laws to prevent transgender students from participating in sports according to their gender identity, the U.S. Supreme Court takes a vote that throws cold water on the hostility and the Biden administration proposes a law
Biden names second lesbian judge to federal appeals bench
President Biden has named a second lesbian judge to the Second Circuit federal appeals court bench: Alison Nathan of Manhattan.
First lesbian confirmed to federal circuit appeals bench
After blistering interrogations of the nominee from Republicans, the U.S. Senate on Monday night confirmed the appointment of lesbian attorney Beth Robinson to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, making her the first lesbian to be appointed to a
Lesbian nominated to federal appeals court
President Biden nominated one well-known lesbian jurist to serve on a federal appeals court bench, another to be chief judge of Federal Claims Court, and a third to a U.S. District Court seat in Colorado.
Two federal appeals courts: Title IX covers gender identity
Two federal appeals panels ruled in August that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in June --that Title VII covers discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity at work-- means Title IX covers such discrimination at schools.
4th Circuit examines ‘this transgender situation’
A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals engaged in lively discussion of whether federal law protects transgender students but seemed confident the U.S. Supreme Court will settle the issue soon.
Appeals court rules Indiana must recognize non-bio mom
The Republican-appointed federal appeals judges ruled January 17 that Indiana cannot refuse to put a non-biological mother's name on the birth certificate of the child her wife gave birth to.
Appeals panel rules for servicemembers with HIV
A Fourth Circuit U.S. Circuit Court panel on January 10 upheld a national injunction that prevents the U.S. military from discharging servicemembers just because they have HIV infection.
Senate confirms gay man for 9th Circuit
The U.S. Senate, on a strictly partisan vote, confirmed openly gay prosecutor Patrick Bumatay to serve on the nation's largest federal appeals bench.
