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Note From the Executive Director: Eye on the Supreme Court

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July 12, 2012

With decisions last month in two high-profile cases in which we participated, and two Lambda Legal cases cued up for possible review next term, never before have we had so much at stake in a short period on the biggest legal stage in the country.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Arizona v. United States, Dept. of HHS v. Florida, Diaz v. Brewer, Golinski v. OPM, U.S. Supreme Court
A Groundswell of Support for Lambda Legal's DOMA Challenge

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July 11, 2012

More than 130 members of Congress—plus dozens of companies, unions, bar associations, legal scholars and historians—are urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the so-called Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.

See Also: DOMA, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Golinski v. OPM, Health Care Fairness, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Supreme Court
Analysis: Justice Dept. Presses Supreme Court to Resolve DOMA Challenges

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July 5, 2012

Prop 8 Trial Tracker's Scottie Thomaston analyzes the Justice Department's petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court to review two legal challenges to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.

See Also: Golinski v. OPM, Health Care Fairness, Lambda Legal in the News, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Dept. Asks Supreme Court to Hear DOMA Challenge

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July 3, 2012

The Justice Department filed a request today that the U.S. Supreme Court hear Lambda Legal’s challenge to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the Golinski v. OPM case.

See Also: Golinski v. OPM, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act: Lambda Legal Will Press for Expanded Coverage

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June 28, 2012

In a decision released today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld key provisions in the Affordable Care Act. Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Scott Schoettes, HIV Project Director for Lambda Legal:

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, President Obama, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court, Then and Now

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June 26, 2012

Where were you, nine years ago today, when the Supreme Court finally held that state laws criminalizing private sexual intimacy among consenting adults were unconstitutional in Lambda Legal’s historic victory, Lawrence v. Texas?

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Lawrence v. Texas, U.S. Supreme Court
LGBT, HIV Advocates Respond to Mixed Ruling on Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law

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June 25, 2012

Lambda Legal joined a group of 30 LGBT and HIV advocacy organizations in issuing a joint statement responding to today's U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona's anti-immigrant law, SB 1070.

See Also: Arizona v. United States, Immigration and Asylum, SB 1070, U.S. Supreme Court
Breaking: Court Won't Revisit Prop 8 Marriage Case

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June 5, 2012

A federal appeals court has declined to revisit the historic ruling declaring Prop 8 unconstitutional. Now proponents of California's ban on marriage for same-sex couples have 90 days to decide whether to seek review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Marriage, Perry v. Brown, Prop 8, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court
Lawrence v. Texas in the Headlines

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March 16, 2012

When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Lawrence v. Texas in 2003, it was the most significant breakthrough in the fight for equality for LGBT people.

See Also: Bowers v. Hardwick, Kevin Cathcart, Lambda Legal in the News, Lawrence v. Texas, Sodomy Laws, U.S. Supreme Court
The Meaning of Lawrence

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March 16, 2012

Dale Carpenter’s new book, Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas, refocuses much-deserved attention on the Supreme Court’s stunning 2003 ruling.

See Also: Bowers v. Hardwick, CLS v. Martinez, DOMA, Gill v. Devlin, Golinski v. OPM, Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, Kerrigan v. State of Connecticut, Lawrence v. Texas, Sodomy Laws, U.S. Supreme Court, Varnum v. Brien

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Note From the Executive Director: Eye on the Supreme Court

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A Groundswell of Support for Lambda Legal's DOMA Challenge

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Analysis: Justice Dept. Presses Supreme Court to Resolve DOMA Challenges

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Justice Dept. Asks Supreme Court to Hear DOMA Challenge

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act: Lambda Legal Will Press for Expanded Coverage

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Supreme Court, Then and Now

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LGBT, HIV Advocates Respond to Mixed Ruling on Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law

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Breaking: Court Won't Revisit Prop 8 Marriage Case

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Lawrence v. Texas in the Headlines

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The Meaning of Lawrence

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