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Commentary
The right has a hot new legal theory to destroy LGBTQ+ rights
For an increasingly fervent and authoritarian-minded group, originalism is no longer good enough.
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Commentary
The Supreme Court’s reputation is shattered thanks to its conservative justices
With a complete disregard for basic ethics, Samuel Alito and company have destroyed the public’s trust in the Court.
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Politics
4 Supreme Court justices attended celebration of powerful anti-LGBTQ legal group
The Federalist Society wants to end same-sex marriage because homosexuals are “promiscuous” and gay men raising children are a “social experiment.”
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News (USA)
Trump judge says wedding photographer can legally discriminate against LGBTQ couples
She said her “sincerely held religious beliefs” would be violated if she had to treat LGBTQ customers equally.
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Politics
Donald Trump & Nikki Haley attack Mike Pence for standing up for democracy
Mike Pence called Donald Trump “wrong” for telling him to overturn the 2020 election, but now Pence is getting criticized for disloyalty to the party.
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Commentary
The Supreme Court could allow attacks to marriage equality just as they are with abortion
Five justices chose to ignore legal procedure and precedent to uphold a law that flies in the face of Roe v. Wade. Why wouldn’t they do the same when it comes to Obergefell v. Hodges?
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Commentary
Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer is dragging his feet about retiring. Why?
The longer the justice takes to step down, the likelihood that the conservative majority on the Court will grow even stronger becomes even more likely.
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News (USA)
Justice Alito begins full-court press on LGBTQ rights by claiming that marriage equality ruling censors people
“You can’t say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Until recently, that’s what the vast majority of Americans thought. Now, it’s considered bigotry.”
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Commentary
A judge refused to recognize pro-trans law in a hate crime case. That’s judicial misconduct.
A trans woman was shot at a gas station by a man shouting anti-trans epithets. But a judge ignored state law and ruled that it wasn’t a hate crime.
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Commentary
Ask for Attorney General Barr to resign – but for more than protecting the President
Bill Barr is not only using his office to protect the interests of Trump, but also to protect his theocratic agenda against ‘so-called progressives.’
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News (USA)
Trump is stacking the federal judiciary against us for decades to come
With the help of the Republican Senate, the adminsitration is populating the federal bench with right-ideologues who will plague us for decades.
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News (USA)
A protester with a trans flag interrupted Jeff Sessions’ speech. He wasn’t happy about it.
Ministers also interrupted the speech to say that Sessions’s immigration views run counter to the Bible.
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News (USA)
Trump has outsourced judicial nominees to an anti-LGBTQ legal group
The Federalist Society is the Trump administraition’s judicial pipeline. Limiting LGBTQ rights is one of its key issues.
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News (USA)
5 reasons why Anthony Kennedy’s retirement is a major blow for LGBTQ rights
Anthony Kennedy did more to advance LGBTQ rights than any other Supreme Court justice. His replacement will join a majority intent on undoing our progress.