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Lambda Legal Files Brief Urging Supreme Court to Protect ACA Healthcare Subsidies

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January 29, 2015

“Today, the key to halting the HIV/AIDS epidemic is access to affordable, reliable and comprehensive care, and the need is especially critical for vulnerable communities of color.”

See Also: Health Care Fairness
Lambda Legal Urges First Circuit to Reverse Ruling Dismissing Puerto Rico Marriage Case

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January 26, 2015

“Every day that loving, committed couples in Puerto Rico are denied the dignity and respect of marriage represents one more day in which their families are at risk and the Commonwealth sends a discriminatory message to LGBT people. We won’t stop fighting on their behalf.”

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Statement on the Nomination of Rev. Meeks as Chair of Illinois State Board of Education

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January 23, 2015

In response to Governor Rauner’s nomination of Reverend James Meeks as Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education, Christopher Clark, Counsel and Youth and Schools Program Strategist for Lambda Legal, released the following statement.

See Also: Youth and Schools
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Case Challenging Florida Rule Banning Personal Solicitation by Judicial Candidates

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January 20, 2015

“Florida, and the 39 other states that elect judges, must be allowed to place reasonable restrictions on how these candidates raise money in order to guard against a perception among the public that justice is for sale."

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Supreme Court Will Hear Ohio Marriage Cases Brought by Lambda Legal, ACLU and Gerhardstein & Branch

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January 16, 2015

All cases in the Sixth Circuit including those from Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee will be heard.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage at the Supreme Court, Same-sex relationships
Supreme Court Grants Review in Lambda Legal Marriage Case

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January 16, 2015

“After years of struggle and the dedicated work of thousands across the movement, we are finally within sight of the day when same-sex couples across the country will be able to share equally in the joys, protections and responsibilities of marriage.”

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Fifth Circuit Hears Oral Argument in Lambda Legal Case Seeking Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in Louisiana

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January 9, 2015

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments in Robicheaux v. Caldwell, the appeal challenging Louisiana’s discriminatory marriage ban. The appeal was brought by Forum For Equality Louisiana and seven same-sex Louisiana couples represented by Lambda Legal and New Orleans Attorneys Dalton Courson, Lesli Harris, Scott Spivey and Richard Perque.

See Also: Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Georgia Federal Court Allows Lambda Legal Marriage Case to Proceed

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January 8, 2015

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled today to allow Lambda Legal’s case challenging Georgia’s discriminatory marriage ban to proceed.
Chicago-based CNA Implements New Policy Supporting Employees’ Surviving Same-Sex Spouses

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January 8, 2015

Lambda Legal announced that Douglas Hammett-Lair (Doug) started receiving spousal survivor benefits after CNA Financial Corporation amended its retirement plan to allow many surviving same-sex spouses to receive benefits. The change came after Lambda Legal and private counsel Louis Ascherman urged CNA to grant spousal benefits to same-sex couples together for years, if not decades, but only recently able to marry due to discriminatory marriage exclusions.

See Also: Marriage, Relationships, Same-sex relationships, Seniors
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Florida Judicial Conduct Code

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December 26, 2014

Lambda Legal and six other advocacy organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct that prohibits judicial candidates from personally requesting campaign contributions.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar