9th Circuit Court of Appeals Stays DADT Decision Pending Appeal
The Obama administration won a temporary stay against the moratorium on “don’t ask, don’t tell” Wednesday, granting the Pentagon the right to once again enforce the 17-year-old ban on gay men and women...
View ArticleProp 8 Appeal Hearing to Be Televised
An upcoming appeals court hearing on the constitutionality of California’s same-sex marriage ban will be televised. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal announced Wednesday that it had granted C-Span...
View ArticleCA: Judges Chosen for Proposition 8 Appeal
A staunch California liberal, a conservative Idaho Republican and a moderate Arizona Democrat were announced Monday as the members of the federal court panel that will hear next week’s appeal of a...
View ArticleProp 8 Appeal Links – Watch & Follow the Gay Marriage Appeal at 10 AM
Here’s a listing of some great Prop 8 appeal hearing resources for today: Towleroad is hosting a live commentary on the appeal here. Joe.My.God has embedded NOM’s live stream of the appeal trial here,...
View ArticleHate Group Expects 9th Circuit to Uphold Prop 8 Decision
Save California head Randy Thomasson says he expects the Ninth Circuit Court to uphold the overturn of Proposition 8. “It doesn’t look very good there,” he warns. “Stephen Reinhardt, he’s heading up...
View ArticleCA: Supporters Ask for Full 9th Circuit Ruling on Prop 8 Case
With Tuesday serving as the deadline for Prop. 8 proponents to request another appeal on the ruling that declared the voter initiative unconstitutional, proponents of California’s same-sex marriage ban...
View ArticleUSA: GOP Senators File Amicus Brief in DOMA Case
Throwing a party for Orrin Hatch and other GOP U.S. senators? Better not invite U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of San Francisco. Hatch and nine other senators who voted for the Defense of Marriage...
View ArticleUSA, Hawaii/Nevada: Fourteen States File Brief for Marriage Equality
Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley is leading a coalition of states that’s filing a brief urging the courts to bring marriage equality to Hawaii and Nevada. Boston.com reports: Coakley is leading a...
View ArticleUSA, Nevada: Ninth Circuit Grants Expedited Hearing in Marriage Equality Case
Now that the state has stopped defending its ban on marriage equality, the Ninth Circuit agreed to let the state leave the case, and branded an expedited hearing. SDGLN reports: “The fact that the...
View ArticleAnother Big Circuit Court Hearing For Marriage Equality September 8th
The hits just keep coming. We’ve got another big Circuit Court hearing coming up, this one in the Ninth Circuit, covering cases from Idaho, Nevada, and Hawaii. Passport Magazine reports: On September...
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