All posts tagged "9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals"
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Court Rules People Perceived As Gay May Be Eligible for Asylum
A federal appeals court has ruled people perceived to be LGBTQ may face persecution in their home countries, thus qualifying for asylum.
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Appeals Court Allows Washington State’s Conversion Therapy Ban to Stand
A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider an earlier order upholding Washington State’s law barring licensed therapists from subjecting minors to so-called “conversion therapy.”...
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Appeals Court Rules that Beauty Pageant May Bar Trans Contestant
A federal appeals court has ruled that beauty pageants can’t be forced to accept transgender contestants under the First Amendment. A three-judge panel of the...
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Supreme Court Allows Video of Proposition 8 Trial to Be Made Public
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from opponents of same-sex marriage who had sought to block video of the 2010 trial...
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Appeals Court Upholds Washington’s Conversion Therapy Ban
A three-judge panel rejected various arguments from a Christian therapist who claimed the law violates his First Amendment rights.
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U.S. Supreme Court lets Oregon district’s transgender bathroom policy stand
Justices allow lower court rulings finding trans kids do not threaten privacy of cisgender peers to stand
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Supreme Court refuses to challenge rulings allowing Idaho trans inmate to receive surgery
Adree Edmo obtained gender confirmation surgery in June after the high court refused to block her from receiving it
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Idaho governor asks SCOTUS to block transgender inmate’s surgery
Adree Edmo argues that Idaho's refusal to provide her with surgery violates her constitutional rights
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Right-wing pastor E.W. Jackson says gay people can’t be judges because they can’t be “fair or objective”
E.W. Jackson made the comments during a rant against Trump's 9th Circuit nominee, Patrick Bumatay
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Federal appeals court rules Idaho must pay for transgender inmate’s gender confirmation surgery
Court finds denying Adree Edmo surgery to treat her gender dysphoria constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment"
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9th Circuit rules lower court can reconsider halting Trump’s transgender military ban
Under the new legal standard being applied, the government will have the burden of justifying the ban's existence
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Trump administration files appeal to revoke US citizenship from a gay couple’s son
Federal courts have previously found a child of a U.S. citizen does not have to prove a biological relationship with their parent
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Idaho transgender woman’s surgery stalled pending 9th Circuit decision
Lawyers for Adree Edmo hope the 9th Circuit will find denying her surgery violates her Eighth Amendment rights
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Trump taps openly gay attorney for seat on 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Patrick Bumatay is second openly LGBTQ person nominated to federal bench by President Trump
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White House withdraws judicial nomination of Ryan Bounds, who wrote anti-gay, racially insensitive screeds
Inflammatory writings gave some GOP senators pause when deciding whether to confirm 9th Circuit nominee
