LGBT rights in the United States
U.S. Supreme Court Justices appear skeptical of Defense of Marriage Act
The Court heard the second of two cases regarding same-sex marriage this week. Legal scholar Emily Bazelon says the Justices’ comments indicate that the Court could strike down the law which prevents legally married same-sex couples from receiving federal benefits.
‘The New Black’: Same-Sex Marriage and the African-American Community
The Supreme Court will soon issue its decisions in two same-sex marriage cases the Justices heard this term: U.S. v. Windsor, the case that will determine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and Hollingsworth v. Perry, the challenge to California’s Proposition 8 ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage has long divided […]
Same-Sex Marriage Goes to the Supreme Court
Today the Supreme Court hears the first of two cases on the constitutionality of gay marriage. The first case is Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge to California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved, state constitutional amendment that banned same-sex marriage back in 2008. On Wednesday, the nation’s highest court will hear United States v. Windsor, the case that will […]
Reading the Tea Leaves on Same-Sex Marriage
This week, the Supreme Court heard two potentially historic cases on same-sex marriage: Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Proposition 8 case out of California, and United States v. Windsor, the case that will determine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA. Now the justices retreat to their respective quarters to decide the fate […]