Tag: U.S. Supreme Court
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How Would Marriage Equality Affect Same-Sex Couples in Healthcare? Adoption? And the Workplace?
HRC answers questions on the minds of same-sex couples awaiting the Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality.
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Jeb Bush Launches Campaign Days Before SCOTUS Ruling on Marriage Equality: Where Does He Stand?
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made his long-expected campaign launch official today, entering the race just days before the U.S. Supreme Court is widely expected to issue its ruling in Obergefell v Hodges — a case that could lead to nationwide marriage equality. During the lead-up to his campaign launch, Bush has expressed support for “traditional marriage,” and has pointedly refused to say if he would consider a Supreme Court decision in favour of marriage equality final and decline efforts to reverse it.
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Unite for Marriage launches countdown to #DecisionDay
Yesterday, the Unite for Marriage coalition launched the U.S national countdown to #DecisionDay – the day the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the issue of marriage for same-sex couples living in all 50 states.
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303 Conservatives File Historic Amicus Brief in Marriage Equality Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
On Thursday evening, Project Right Side and former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman formally filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court involving four landmark cases slated to be heard on April 28 concerning government recognition of the freedom to marry. A total of 303 Republican, libertarian, conservative and center-right high-profile activists and government officials – including past presidential candidates, seven current and former governors, twenty-three current and former members of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, and amici from thirty-three states – signed onto the brief. The brief was authored by pro bono legal teams at WilmerHale led by Reg Brown, Seth Waxman, and Alan Schoenfeld and at Polsinelli led by Sean Gallagher.
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U.S. Supreme Court meets again on gay marriage
In its first official business of the new year, the U.S. Supreme Court will meet on Friday to consider whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry no matter which state they live in, or whether states can individually decide if marriage should only be allowed between a man and a woman.
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Widow’s Challenge to DOMA
Attorneys for Edith “Edie” Windsor told the U.S. Supreme Court today that the Defense of Marriage Act ( DOMA ) unfairly forced Windsor to pay more than $363,000 in federal estate taxes after the death of her spouse, Thea Spyer, in violation of the equal protection principles guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.