U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate (and largely discretionary) appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and over state court cases involving issues of federal law, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases. The Court, which meets in the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate. Once appointed, justices have life tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed after impeachment. [ Wikipedia → ]

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U.S. Supreme Court to release same-day audio recordings of marriage cases

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will release audio recordings of next week's arguments in two same-sex marriage cases just a few hours after they conclude. [ Read more → ]
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Obama administration lawyer to take part in Prop 8 arguments at Supreme Court

Friday, March 15, 2013
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to let an Obama administration lawyer take part in the argument on March 26 on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage in that state. [ Read more → ]
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NOM chair: ‘Second-best’ remark ‘grossly misrepresents’ my views on adoption

Friday, March 15, 2013
National Organization for Marriage board chairman John Eastman on Friday said comments he made to the Associated Press earlier this week "grossly misrepresents" his views on adoption. [ Read more → ]
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Diverse U.S. Supreme Court justices, families mirror country

Thursday, March 14, 2013
The varied family portraits of the U.S. Supreme Court justices are somewhat at odds with the arguments of gay marriage opponents who stress the unique ability of heterosexual couples to have babies as a reason to uphold bans on same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]
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Gay couples could see windfalls from U.S. Supreme Court action

Saturday, March 9, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — For Mina Meyer and Sharon Raphael, two women in their 70s who fell in love more than four decades ago and have been married for more than four years, the U.S. Supreme Court's pending consideration of a law that prohibits the federal government from recognizing unions like theirs is about more than civil rights. [ Read more → ]
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Clinton: I signed DOMA to ‘defuse a movement’ toward ban on gay marriage

Thursday, March 7, 2013
WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a law he signed that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages. [ Read more → ]
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Attorneys in historic same-sex marriage case sign book deal

Saturday, March 2, 2013
NEW YORK — The bipartisan legal team leading the fight for same-sex marriage has a book deal. Democrat David Boies and Republican Theodore B. Olson have signed with Viking for "A Just Cause: Law, Love, and the Case for Marriage Equality." [ Read more → ]
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Democrats urge Supreme Court to overturn anti-gay marriage law

Friday, March 1, 2013
WASHINGTON — More than 200 congressional Democrats are urging the Supreme Court to overturn a key provision of the federal law against gay marriage. [ Read more → ]
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State of California weighs in on U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Proposition 8

Thursday, February 28, 2013
The state of California on Thursday filed its own amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Proposition 8, the state’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]
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Obama brief seeks broad Supreme Court ruling overturning Calif. gay marriage ban

Thursday, February 28, 2013
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage and take a skeptical view of similar bans elsewhere, making a historic argument for gay rights. [ Read more → ]
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ASA brief: Parents’ sexual orientation has no bearing on children’s well-being

Thursday, February 28, 2013
The American Sociological Association (ASA) has weighed in on the same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, filing an amicus brief Thursday outlining social science research that shows “children fare just as well” when raised by same-sex or heterosexual parents. [ Read more → ]
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Obama expected to urge Supreme Court to strike down Calif. gay marriage ban

Thursday, February 28, 2013
The next phase of President Barack Obama's evolving position on gay marriage may come Thursday, the deadline for his administration to weigh in on a landmark Supreme Court case that could determine whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed. [ Read more → ]
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Hundreds of U.S. companies, cities ask Supreme Court to strike down DOMA

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
BOSTON -- Nearly 300 corporations, cities, and other organizations filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, encouraging it to overturn a section of the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits and recognition to same-sex couples. [ Read more → ]
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Big push to support same-sex marriage at U.S. Supreme Court

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
WASHINGTON — Prominent Republicans, retired military leaders and U.S. businesses are among the factions ready to ask the Supreme Court to support marriage equality in two cases up for argument next month. [ Read more → ]
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Major U.S. corporations call on Supreme Court to strike down gay marriage bans

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
More than 60 U.S. corporations -- including Apple, eBay, Facebook, Intel, Nike and Morgan Stanley -- have signed on to an amicus brief in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Proposition 8, California's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]
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Edith Windsor calls on U.S. Supreme Court to strike down DOMA

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Edith Windsor, the New York widow who was forced to pay $363,000 in estate taxes in 2009 upon the death of her spouse, Thea Spyer, made her case to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, filing a brief in her challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). [ Read more → ]
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Dozens of prominent GOP leaders sign brief supporting marriage equality

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
More than 75 prominent Republican leaders have signed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the freedom for gay and lesbian couples, The New York Times reported late Monday. [ Read more → ]
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5 reasons why a Supreme Court ruling for marriage equality could benefit the GOP

Sunday, February 24, 2013
One thing that I have learned as a parent to two 10-year-old boys — sometimes while a child sometimes says he wants one thing, he secretly may be hoping that he doesn’t get it. Their voices quiver as they ask for it, while their eyes say “get me out of this mess, Daddy!” That is kind of what is happening these days with the GOP and the Supreme Court and their former favorite wedge issue, the denial of marriage equality to LGBTQ people... [ Read more → ]
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Obama administration urges U.S. Supreme Court to strike down DOMA

Friday, February 22, 2013
The Obama administration on Friday filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing why it considers the federal Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional. [ Read more → ]
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Plaintiffs in Prop 8 case ask Supreme Court to strike down gay marriage ban

Thursday, February 21, 2013
WASHINGTON -- Gay and lesbian couples who are challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage said Thursday that the Constitution prohibits discrimination against them in the nation's largest state or anywhere else in America. [ Read more → ]
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