A new normal is emerging in courts in some states across the country as openly gay judges continue to be nominated to serve at the highest levels of the judiciary. There is no better example of this rapid progress than the recent change of hearts and minds in Virginia.
Yesterday, the California Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmed the state’s first openly gay appellate justice. Back in 1979, California Governor Jerry Brown made history when he appointed the first openly gay judge in the United States, Stephen Lachs, to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The Court has now decided to hear one of the challenges to the provision of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) barring federal recognition of same-sex couples’ marriages and also to hear the challenge to California’s Proposition 8. What does it mean?
The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear two important LGBT cases this term: a challenge to a key section of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and the case against Prop 8. This is big!
Lambda Legal and the Transgender Law Center have co-authored a letter urging California Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the Transparency and Responsibility Using State Tools (TRUST) Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review the challenge to Prop 8, which amended the California Constitution to exclude same-sex couples from marriage.
A new term is about to begin at the U.S. Supreme Court, and it could be a blockbuster one for lesbian and gay rights. Here’s the first part of a three-part preview.