Category Archives: Law

LGBT groups urge caution over Kavanaugh

Calls by LGBT groups and others to delay the confirmation vote for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court has won at least a few days. In a story that is changing quickly, the Judiciary Committee has agreed

No comfort in Kavanaugh’s responses at hearing

After calling Brown v. Board of Education one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions, nominee Brett Kavanaugh said he couldn't comment on his opinion of the court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Kavanaugh hearing meets ‘noise’ of resistance

Democratic senators and LGBT legal activists tried this week to force release of documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's work in President George W. Bush's White House.

Good appeals court ruling for renters, seniors

In an important preliminary matter, a federal appeals panel Monday said a landlord has an obligation to ensure that tenants do not harass other tenants because of their sexual orientation.

Kavanaugh: a ‘yank’ to the ‘extreme right’

The head of the LGBTQ Task Force said of Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: "“There hasn’t been a nominee for the Supreme Court this extreme since Robert Bork.”

Kennedy: ‘He got Roberts, Alito, and Gorsuch’

The outcome of the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado case has ushered in a new level of unpredictability to Supreme Court decision-making when it involves LGBT people. But sometimes, the unpredicted result sounds very promising.

Masterpiece: a battle lost, but a concession won

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado fell far short from what LGBT legal activists had hoped for, but many say the majority opinion included significant language that supports the overall goal of civil rights laws prohibiting

Breaking new: Supreme Court rules for baker

In a stunning setback, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7 to 2 that a state civil rights commission violated a baker's religious freedom when it required that he treat same-sex couples the same as heterosexual couples in his business.

Two Title VII cases now at Supreme Court

While there's considerable anticipation for the U.S. Supreme Court to release its decision this month in a case that tests the right of any business owner to refuse service based on sexual orientation, two more cases have arrived at the

Second judge says trans ban requires ‘highest’ scrutiny

A second federal judge announced Friday that she will apply strict scrutiny to the Trump administration's reasoning for seeking a ban on transgender service members. The judge kept in place a stay on enforcement of Trump's proposed policy until she