Listen to SCOTUS Marriage Equality Oral Arguments
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Category: Judiciary-Federal
Bush’s Court: How the D.C. Circuit Threatens the Future of Progressive Reform
— by Layne Amerikaner & Miranda Blue, PFAW, media@pfaw.org, (202) 467-4999 WASHINGTON – Four years into President Obama’s presidency, he has yet to have a single judge confirmed to the hugely influential Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. This lapse, caused
Up Next in the Supreme Court
— by Annie-Rose Strasser, Deputy Managing Editor, ThinkProgress Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether same-sex couples should get the same federal protections and rights that straight couples enjoy. The moment could mark an important tipping point in the history
Documents Reveal Anti-Gay Parenting Study Was Manipulated To Influence Supreme Court
By Zack Ford at ThinkProgress on Mar 11, 2013 at 9:15 am Mark Regnerus has admitted his “family structures” study didn’t actually measure gay parenting, comparing the children of separated parents who had same-sex relationships with those of married opposite-sex parents. An
Articles I’ve Been Reading: 2013-03-04
THE BOEHNER-QUESTER Sequester: The Finger on the TriggerRichard (RJ) Eskow, Op-Ed: Today is the day the package of budget cuts they call the “Sequester” takes effect. There will be endless postmortems and real-time analyses. But as its draconian effects, there’s one thing
These Laws Make Me Want to Gag
States are adopting laws meant to keep consumers in the dark about where their food comes from. — by Will Potter Do you have a right to know where that steak on your plate came from? Should it be legal to photograph
Support Confirmation of Judge Sotomayor
Fence-sitting Republicans are finally beginning to announce their intention to vote against confirmation of Judge Sotomayor when her nomination comes up for a vote in the Senate. Judge Sotomayor is a restrained and moderate jurist who was put on the bench initially by