A lesbian teenager filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Mississippi school district over a policy that allegedly bans female students from wearing tuxedos in portraits for the yearbook. In the case, Sturgis v. Copiah County School District, the ACLU filed the complaint on behalf of a former student, Ceara Sturgis, who contends that the district [...]
The ACLU has conceded defeat in their quest to remove a Ten Commandments display by letting time expire in filing a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court asking for review of the matter. In the case, ACLU v. Grayson County, the ACLU allowed the time to expire without filing the petition, closing the final chapter [...]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said California’s ban on gay marriage will stay in effect, at least for now. The three judge panel granted an emergency motion to stay filed by proponents of Prop 8, in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger, until the court has time to hear the case in [...]
A motions panel for the Ninth Circuit Court set a fast-track schedule Friday for reviewing a plea to put a federal judge’s ruling against California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage on hold, for at least several months. The panel, which is made up of judges on the Circuit Court, ordered that the briefing by [...]
The American Bar Associastions’s policymaking House of Delegates approved a measure by a voice vote Tuesday that urges states and territories to eliminate any laws that restrict marriage between gay couples. Incoming ABA President Stephen Zack spoke in favor of the proposed resolution, asking, “Why would anyone in this country not want two people who love each [...]
Another amicus brief was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that will consider the constitutionality of a Arizona school-choice tax credit program that provides students with scholarships to private schools. Liberty Counsel filed the brief in the case, Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, in which the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last [...]
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that government law enforcement agents do not have an unfettered right to install Global Positioning System tracking devices on anyones vehicle without a search warrant. In United States v. Maynard, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected arguments by the government which claimed that 24-hours per day [...]
Just days after a federal judge ruled a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, a California church leader is offering workshop that tries to reconcile homosexuality with Christianity. Although planned before the judge Walker’s ruling that negates the will of 7 million voters in California, River Damien Sims, a priest for St. Victor’s Old [...]
Just before the U.S. senators head out for the August recess, they approved a $600 million border security package that will put an additional 1,500 guards and increase the number of unmanned air surveillance drones along the Mexican border. The Democratic plan passed Thursday will be financed by increasing work visa fees on foreign-based personnel [...]
Elena Kagan won Senate confirmation Thursday becoming the 112th person and the fourth woman in history to wear the black robe of America’s highest Court. Despite firm opposition from most Republicans, the vote was 63 to 37 with five Republicans voting for her and one Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska voting against her. The [...]
