Chris Geidner
No Same-Sex Marriages In Alabama On Monday, Under Federal Judge's Order
A key judges association in Alabama is advising against granting marriages — they say the federal court ruling doesn't apply to the local judges. Lawyers for the same-sex couple push back — and invoke the image Gov. George Wallace standing in the doorway during integration. [Update: Federal judge issues a 14-day stay of her marriage order.]
Chris Geidner
Same-Sex Couples Able To Marry In Alabama Under Federal Court Ruling
The decision striking down Alabama's 2006 ban on same-sex couples' marriages goes into effect immediately. [Update: Alabama's attorney general has asked the trial court judge to put his ruling on hold while the Supreme Court considers the same-sex marriage issue in other cases this spring.]
Chris Geidner
Supreme Court To Review Oklahoma Lethal Injection Procedure
The move comes a week after a majority of the court voted to allow an execution in the state to proceed.
Chris Geidner
Supreme Court Skeptical Of Tight Limits On Fair Housing Act
A long-awaited argument brought surprising questions from Justice Antonin Scalia.
Chris Geidner
In State Of The Union, Obama Declares Marriage Equality A "Civil Right"
"I’ve seen something like gay marriage go from a wedge issue used to drive us apart to a story of freedom across our country, a civil right now legal in states that 7 in 10 Americans call home," the president said.
Chris Geidner
The Supreme Court Has Been Preparing The Country For Marriage Equality
A majority of the court already has made the outcome of the same-sex marriage showdown — nationwide marriage equality — almost certain.
Chris Geidner
Supreme Court Will Hear Four Cases Challenging Same-Sex Marriage Bans
A decision in the Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee cases, expected by late June, could lead to the end of such bans across the country. [Update: The Obama administration will "urge the Supreme Court to make marriage equality a reality for all Americans."]
Chris Geidner
The Supreme Court Is Likely To Set Up The Same-Sex Marriage Showdown On Friday
A guide.
Chris Geidner
South Dakota Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules
The ruling is on holding pending any appeal from the state.
Chris Geidner
Oklahoma, Florida Execute Men After Supreme Court Turns Down Requests
Charles Warner, who raped and killed his roommate's 11-month-old daughter, was executed tonight. Additionally, Florida executed Johnny Kormondy for a 1993 murder.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Supreme Court Puts Off Decision On Hearing A Same-Sex Marriage Case For Friday
The justices turned down Louisiana same-sex couples' request to skip over the appeals court and take their case directly, but they had no word on the cases out of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. [Update: Justices will consider again on Friday whether to hear Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and/or Tennessee marriage cases.]
Chris Geidner
This Tweet About Gays In Hollywood And New York Broke The Space-Time Continuum
An out gay New York Times reporter suggested a Hollywood actor is closeted on the same night an out gay Hollywood actor won a Golden Globe for portraying a closeted New York Times reporter.
Chris Geidner
Federal Appeals Court Appears Poised To Strike Down Three Southern States' Same-Sex Marriage Bans
After oral arguments about Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas' bans on marriages for same-sex couples, the 5th Circuit of Appeals looks likely to strike the laws down.
Chris Geidner
Human Rights Campaign Takes Action Against Saks Fifth Avenue Over LGBT Policies
The nation's largest LGBT rights group takes on the high-end department store over a conflict between the store's policies and a legal position it is taking against transgender employment protections. [Update: The company won't say if it stands by the December court filing.]
Chris Geidner
Appeals Court Skeptical Of Texas Abortion Restrictions — And Ruling That Struck Them Down
A three-judge panel struggled Wednesday with a law the court saw as having troubling provisions — and a lower court's order stopping enforcement of those provisions that the appeals court saw as being too broad.
Chris Geidner
With Miami-Dade Ruling, Marriage Equality Comes To Florida
The rest of the state gets marriage equality on Jan. 6, but, following a state judge's ruling on Monday, same-sex couples are marrying in Miami-Dade County.
Chris Geidner
Federal Judge In Florida Says “Constitution Requires” Same-Sex Marriages Beginning Jan. 6
Judge puts clerks on notice that if they don't start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples next week he is prepared to order them to do so.
Chris Geidner
Federal Judge Refuses To Keep Oklahoma Executions On Hold
Four inmates in Oklahoma are set to be executed in the first three months of 2015. The inmates' lawyer says they will continue to fight to stop the scheduled executions.
Chris Geidner
Justices To Consider On Jan. 9 Whether To Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases, Legal Group Says
"The [Tennessee case plaintiffs'] petition will be considered at the Court's January 9 conference, along with ... petitions filed by the plaintiffs in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Louisiana," an advocate tells BuzzFeed News.
Chris Geidner
Supreme Court Allows Florida Same-Sex Marriages To Proceed In January
A late Friday order from the Supreme Court means same-sex couples are expected to be able to marry beginning Jan. 6.
Chris Geidner
