Tag Archives: Anthony Kennedy

The Decade: ‘Best of times’ meets ‘Hard Times’

The decade now closing was like a Dickens novel: One year was like the golden age for the LGBT movement, others were filled with a new level of dread and despair.

Justice Stevens: an early supporter on the Supreme Court

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was one of the first members of the nation's highest court to stand up for LGBT people, and he was proud of it. Stevens died at the age of 99 on July 16

Kennedy statement seems to drive religious refusal cases

The U.S. Supreme Court passed on its latest opportunity to decide whether a business can claim a religious exemption from a state law prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations, but such a case seems inevitable.

2018: Difficult losses, historic wins, constant chaos

2018 was a tough year for many, especially for the LGBT community, which lost a critical voice in the Supreme Court and had to fend off numerous attacks.

Supreme Court: Who Trump is reportedly considering

There are no civil rights moderates among the judges President Trump is reportedly considering for his next U.S. Supreme Court pick. He says he'll reveal his choice Monday, July 9.

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.

Kennedy’s remarks suggest he favors baker in Masterpiece

After years of establishing a pro-LGBT record, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy sounded Tuesday like he was ready to vote in favor of a baker who refused, in the name of religious beliefs and artistic expression, to sell a

Supreme Court finale: 3 big results

A church school that discriminates against LGBT people gets state funding; Arkansas does not get to exclude both same-sex parents from a child's birth certificate; and the Supreme Court cues up a fight for next session over a cake baker's