The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Tuesday on gay marriage fights from Indiana and Wisconsin, setting the stage for one ruling. Each case deals with whether ... Continue reading
A federal judge in north Florida on Thursday struck down the state’s gay marriage ban as unconstitutional, but stayed the ruling, leaving same-sex couples still unable to marry in the stat... Continue reading
The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in six gay marriage fights from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday, setting the stage for one ruling. ... Continue reading
by Jazz Shaw, There’s an excellent column at Real Clear Politics from Steve Chapman which I wanted to draw your attention to. It deals with the gradual evolution of gun laws in the United ... Continue reading
A U.S. appeals court struck down Virginia’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on Monday, the second appeals court to come out in favor of gay marriage. A three-judge panel of the 4th... Continue reading
A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit filed by 10 tea party groups to move forward against the Internal Revenue Service. Judge Susan Dlott (duh-LOT’) on Thursday declined a request by the ... Continue reading
Gay Marriage The march toward legalizing gay marriage across the country continued last Friday, when a federal judge declared Wisconsin’s ban on it unconstitutional. Clerks in two counties... Continue reading
A federal judge who last week blocked the force-feeding of a prisoner on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay ordered the government on Wednesday to turn over videos showing the prisoner forced fro... Continue reading
Time for Extreme Conservatives to Realize it is 2014! Pennsylvania’s ban on gay marriage was overturned by a federal judge Tuesday in a decision that legalized the practice throughout... Continue reading
A federal judge was scheduled to issue a ruling Tuesday afternoon on the legality of Pennsylvania’s 1996 same-sex marriage ban. U.S. District Judge John Jones plans to issue his ruling in ... Continue reading
The Utah Supreme Court has temporarily blocked adoptions by the second parent of legally married gay couples while the justices decide whether the rights can be granted. The stay issued late Fri... Continue reading
Three college friends of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect will be tried separately, but those trials do not need to be moved out of Massachusetts, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Douglas... Continue reading
A transgender prison inmate in Ohio wants a federal judge to order the state to allow her hormone treatments to continue, saying she suffered a medical setback including facial hair growth and d... Continue reading
A federal judge is expected to issue what could be the most sweeping ruling yet for gay marriage in Ohio by ordering the state to recognize the marriages of gay couples who wed in states that al... Continue reading
An Arizona law limiting women’s access to drug-induced abortions was allowed by a federal judge to take effect in a defeat to reproductive-rights activists fighting parts of a 2012 state o... Continue reading
A county official in Maryland opened an official meeting on Thursday with a prayer referencing Jesus Christ, according to a person who attended the meeting and local media, two days after a fede... Continue reading