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Conservative justices hint at procedural barrier to DOMA ruling
WASHINGTON -- Two of the Supreme Court's most conservative members suggested Wednesday that procedural barriers should prevent the justices from ruling on the constitutionality of the federal law that denies benefits to legally married same-sex couples,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, John G. Roberts, Jr., U.S. Department of Justice, Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System
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Liberal justices, Kennedy appear to favor ending part of DOMA
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrapped up a second day of arguments on gay marriage, as Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and the court’s liberal justices appeared headed toward striking down the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that denies...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Elena Kagan, Politics, John G. Roberts, Jr., Justice System
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Scalia gets it right
In his opinions on abortion and gay rights, Justice Antonin Scalia has taken an offensively narrow view of the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection of the laws. But when it comes to the 4th Amendment's more specific protection...
Tags: Elena Kagan, Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians, Drug Trafficking
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Supreme Court appears timid about expanding same-sex marriage
This week, the United States Supreme Court is delving into arguments about same-sex marriage and doing so with apparent reluctance and unease. Today, the justices will consider the federal Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to same-sex...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), John G. Roberts, Jr., Justice System
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Prop. 8: Justice Kagan cuts to the injustice of gay marriage ban
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Gotta hand it to Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. Tuesday morning she interrupted Charles J. Cooper, the attorney representing the anti-gay marriage side in the court’s hearing on California’s Proposition 8. She cut through the legal...Tags: Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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Prop. 8: Gay marriage backers pleased with Supreme Court hearing
SAN FRANCISCO -- Backers of gay marriage expressed satisfaction with the arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying they believed the justices supported their position. Jon Davidson, legal director of Lambda Legal, a gay rights...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Justice and Rights, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Charles Manson, Same-Sex Marriage
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Prop. 8 plaintiffs believe love will prevail in Supreme Court
On the steps of the Supreme Court, moments after their attorneys argued that gays and lesbians should be given the constitutional right to marry Tuesday, California plaintiffs in the Proposition 8 case said they are looking forward to the high court&...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Marriage, John G. Roberts, Jr., Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Same-Sex Marriage
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Defense of Prop. 8 draws sharp questions from liberal justices
WASHINGTON – The lawyer defending California’s ban on same-sex marriage drew skeptical questioning from swing justices Tuesday as the Supreme Court began two historic days of oral arguments considering the rights of gays and lesbians....
Tags: Marriage, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), John G. Roberts, Jr., Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System
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Three justices' concern over gay parenting surprises experts
WASHINGTON — During last week's Supreme Court arguments on gay marriage, Justice Antonin Scalia asserted that "there's considerable disagreement" among experts over whether "raising a child in a single-sex family is harmful or not." Two other...
Tags: Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Social Issues, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Anti-gay marriage lawyer confident: 'We are going to win this case'
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.SAN FRANCISCO -- Gay marriage foes expressed confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court could uphold the state's ban on same-sex unions after hearing arguments on the law Tuesday. "I think we are going to win this case," Andy Pugno, lawyer for Proposition 8...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Politics, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Justice System, Same-Sex Marriage
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Prop. 8: At West Hollywood bar, all eyes on Supreme Court
By 9:30 a.m., Todd Barnes, general manager at The Abbey in West Hollywood, said he had already fielded several phone calls from customers asking if the well-known gay and lesbian bar was doing anything special for Tuesday's Supreme Court hearing of...
Tags: Charles Manson, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System, Family
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Gay marriage backers, foes weigh in on Supreme Court Prop. 8 hearing
Both sides of the gay marriage debate expressed optimism Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court heard the first of two days of historic legal arguments. John Eastman, a Chapman University constitutional law professor who supports California's...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Charles Manson, Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System
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