31 states would ban marriage equality if they could Over 60 percent of the country will no longer have marriage equality if the U.S. Supreme Court reverses it. Laws prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying were deemed unconstitutional by the 2015 ruling, Obergefell v. Hodges. This could change if the court were to revisit and reverse the ruling, as it did with Roe v. Wade, which previously deemed abortion bans unconstitutional. If the Supreme Court reverses Obergefell and determines bans ag...| Advocate.com
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t appear inclined to overturn marriage equality — but can she be trusted? Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. Barrett calls the right to marry “fundamental” in her new book, Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution, which comes out Tuesday. However, she has previously said the matter should be up to each state. And in her confirmation hearings...| Advocate.com
East Palo Alto homeowner Wesley Yu lives 39 miles away from San Francisco, but he could blow a massive hole in SF’s already precarious budget for affordable housing. Yu is suing in federal court to overturn an East Palo Alto law that requires new housing to include, or at least help pay for, some amount […] The post Could the Supreme Court Kill a Key Funding Source for SF Affordable Housing? appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
Experts and professional associations always have been influenced by economic considerations. Today, few are immune from political pressure as well. The post Justice Clarence Thomas’s Wise Words About ‘Experts’ first appeared on Independence Institute. The post Justice Clarence Thomas’s Wise Words About ‘Experts’ appeared first on Independence Institute.| Independence Institute
The Supreme Court is not just corrupt. It poses a serious threat to American freedoms for decades to come.| Unprecedented