Understanding Lakey: Abortion Rights and the Right to Know
February 11, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Mary Ziegler of Saint Louis University School of Law says that the increasing popularity of state regulations requiring doctors to perform ostensibly informative procedures prior to an abortion represent a revision of Supreme Court precedent which may result in changes to Firs....... [more] 
Consumer watchdog files suit to block Google privacy changes
February 9, 2012
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a consumer privacy group, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia asking that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) block Google's proposed privacy policy changes. EPIC alleged that the changes to the privacy po....... [more]
Washington House approves same-sex marriage bill
February 9, 2012
The Washington state House of Representatives voted 53-43 Wednesday to approve a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Washington currently grants expanded domestic partnership rights rather than full marriage or civil union rights to same-sex couples. The Senate passed the bill last week, and Govern....... [more]
Ninth Circuit strikes down California same-sex marriage ban
February 7, 2012
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. The three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that the voter-approved constitutional amendment violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amen....... [more]
Same-Sex Marriage
February 7, 2012
The heated debate over same-sex marriage is one of the most polarizing issues currently facing the American legal community. It is a controversy being played out in every branch of the federal government, from the floor of the US Senate to the Oval Office. It has raised concerns over the nature of f....... [more]
Same-Sex Marriage Timeline
February 7, 2012
2/7/12: Ninth Circuit ruled that California's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional
2/2/12: Ninth Circuit sealed videos from California same-sex marriage trial
2/2/12: Washington senate approved same-sex marriage bill
1/24/12: Minnesota appeals court remanded same-sex marriage lawsuit
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Ninth Circuit upheld class certification in Wal-Mart discrimination case
February 6, 2012
On February 6, 2007, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for allegedly discriminating against female employees should go to trial. The decision upheld a 2004 certification from the US District Court for the Northern District of....... [more]
Ninth Circuit seals videos from California same-sex marriage trial
February 2, 2012
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ruled that it will not release video recordings from Perry v. Schwarzenegger, California's 2010 trial which declared Proposition 8, the state's same-sex marriage ban, to be unconstitutional. In reversing the opinion of the US District Court....... [more]
Washington senate approves same-sex marriage bill
February 2, 2012
The Washington state Senate approved Senate Bill 6239 to legalize same-sex marriage by a vote of 28–21 late Wednesday evening. Washington currently grants expanded domestic partnership rights rather than full marriage or civil union rights to same-sex couples. Several amendments affording prote....... [more]
ACLU sues US government for information on targeted killings
February 1, 2012
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) demanding the US government release information about their targeted killing program of US citizens abroad. The lawsuit comes in response to the three American citizens that have been k....... [more]
Google defends privacy policy in response to concerns from US lawmakers
February 1, 2012
Google issued a letter Tuesday in response to concerns raised by members of Congress regarding consumer privacy rights as impacted by the search giant's new privacy policy. In its response Google replied to 11 specific questions posed in a letter sent last week to CEO Larry Page by US Representativ....... [more]
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