U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Stephen Schwartz defended North Carolina’s H.B.2 discrimination law & fought against trans student Gavin Grimm in court. Now he’s going to be a federal judge.

The judges wrote, “This ban is outmoded and at odds with current science. Such obsolete understandings cannot justify a ban.”

The transgender man who continues to fight for the rights of trans students has decided it’s time to leave home.

When classes resume this fall, the Virginia graduate will make his case that even as an alum he has the right to use his high school’s boys’ bathroom.

NOM is seeking $691,000 in legal fees related to an unsuccessful lawsuit that claimed a leaked tax disclosure was deliberate and politically motivated.

The leaders of the two branches of the North Carolina state legislature notified a federal court on Friday that they will ask the Supreme Court to rule promptly on the constitutionality of the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. In a filing at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the two legislative leaders […]

RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared the way for same-sex couples to be married in South Carolina beginning this week – at least for now. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, denied the state’s request to block the marriages while it appeals a lower court’s ruling overturning South Carolina’s ban on gay marriage.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina legislative leaders are giving formal notice that their lawyers will appeal a Greensboro federal judge’s ruling that legalized same-sex marriages in the state. Attorneys hired by Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis say they’re appealing. Lawmakers decided to appeal earlier this year after…

Same-sex couples won the right to wed in Alaska and Arizona on Friday, after separate court decisions ended bans in those states. And a third ruling in Wyoming means marriages there could begin within a week. The rulings bookend two weeks of legal wrangling, triggered by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week that effectively legalized same-sex marriage …

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders plan to appeal a ruling that struck down the state’s gay marriage ban. Legal experts say any appeal would face an uphill battle. House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate leader Phil Berger’s appeal would go to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia…