All posts tagged "judges"
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Biden urged to appoint a Black LGBTQ woman to Supreme Court
LGBTQ advocates are urging Biden to nominating a Black LGBTQ woman to the Supreme Court.
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WATCH: Trump advisor says anti-LGBTQ people upset over SCOTUS rulings should re-elect Trump
Jenna Ellis's remarks reaffirm Trump's campaign promises to social conservatives to appoint right-wing judges that will reshape society
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D.C. activists protest lack of justice for transgender victims of crime
Several dozen transgender activists and their allies demonstrated outside the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, which houses D.C. Superior Court, to protest what they say is...
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Report: 1 in 3 Trump circuit court nominees has history of anti-LGBTQ bias
Report targets Republican senators for complicity in allowing unqualified or biased nominees to be confirmed
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8 of 10 Victory Fund-endorsed candidates win or advance in Texas primaries
LGBTQ candidates enjoy success in Lone Star State, with Lupe Valdez and Gina Ortiz Jones advancing to runoffs
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Report: Judicial elections and lack of diversity threaten LGBT rights
Report finds elected judges are more likely to rule against pro-LGBT claims than appointed judges
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Anti-gay “religious freedom” bills pass Virginia House and Senate
Respective bills head to opposite legislative chambers, even as Gov. McAuliffe promises vetoes
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Obama continues to back controversial judicial nominee
President Barack Obama is standing behind a controversial judicial nominee, despite the fact that fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill appear to have doomed his confirmation. White...
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Conservative group attacks Christie’s judicial record
Conservative group attacks Christie's judicial record.
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Senate confirms two gay black judicial nominees to federal bench
Includes the first out black man in the nation’s history to serve as a federal judge
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Oetken Approved By U.S. Senate, Is First Out Gay Man OK’ed for Federal Judgeship
Today, in a 80-13 vote completed at a little past 6:10 p.m., the Senate approved the nomination of out gay attorney J. Paul Oetken to...
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Oetken Nomination Sent to Full Senate, As DuMont Nomination Remains in Limbo
Today, the Senate Judicary Committee moved forward the nomination of J. Paul Oetken, who was nominated for a judgeship in the Southern District of New...
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Alison Nathan, Former Obama White House Associate Counsel, Nominated for Federal Court
[Photo: President Barack Obama greets departing Associate Counsel to the President Alison J. “Ali” Nathan, left, Meg Satterthwaite, and their twin sons Oliver and Nathan,...
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Obama Renominates DuMont, Would Be First Gay Federal Appeals Judge
Today, President Barack Obama sent the name of Edward C. DuMont, a District resident, to the Senate for nomination to be a judge on the...
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In Iowa, Judges Are Ousted
In Iowa, which declared Iowa’s marriage ban unconstitutional under the state’s constitution in 2009, the National Organization for Marriage got one of its first electoral...
