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Pressure on Senate GOP after same-sex marriage passes House

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced a new push to protect same-sex marriage in federal law

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

The press grades Republicans on a curve

Sorry, media, support for same-sex marriage is not "bipartisan"

Salon · Jul 20, 2022

House passes bill preserving same-sex marriage as Democrats seek to counter Justice Thomas, GOP

WASHINGTON — House Democrats passed legislation Tuesday to strengthen same-sex marriage rights as Republicans emboldened by comments from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hope to topple other precedents following the reversal of Roe vs. Wade.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2022

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Only one Texas Republican in Congress voted to protect marriage equality

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales was the only Texas Republican to vote for a bill seeking to codify the right to same-sex marriage. The measure passed the House, but its fate in the Senate is uncertain.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 19, 2022

House passes same-sex marriage bill in wake of abortion ruling

WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Tuesday to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and codify legal recognition for interracial and same-sex marriages nationwide, part of the legislative response from Democrats to recent Supreme Court decisions.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2022

47 Republicans join Democrats to pass marriage equality bill in House of Representatives

157 GOP lawmakers vote against legislation to repeal Defense of Marriage Act and affirm same-sex and interracial marriage protections

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

House passes bill to codify marriage equality with large bipartisan support

Almost 50 Republicans voted yes. The legislation is part of Democrats' response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Axios · Jul 19, 2022

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Congress Considers Gay Marriage Bill To Avoid a Future Supreme Court Showdown

Passing an actual law is a good and proper way of enshrining recognition.

Reason · Jul 19, 2022

House passes same-sex marriage bill in wake of abortion ruling - Roll Call

The bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and codify legal recognition for interracial and same-sex marriages nationwide passed 267-157.

Roll Call · Jul 19, 2022

Homeland Security Is Buying Its Way Around the Fourth Amendment

Plus: The Respect for Marriage Act, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and more...

Reason · Jul 19, 2022

Congress to vote on protections for contraception and marriage equality after Supreme Court guts Roe v Wade

House Democrats will introduce the Right to Contraception Act and Respect for Marriage Act

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022

Texas Sen. Cruz says 2015 Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage was wrong

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz is joining a multitude of conservatives in continuing to say the 2015 Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage was wrong and an overreach, stoking concerns that the reversal of Roe v. Wade could impact other past decisions.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2022

Congress moves to protect marriage equality after Roe decision

The bill is part of the House’s response to the Dobbs ruling.

Axios · Jul 18, 2022

The most unpopular Justice on the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Four years after angrily denying sexual assault allegations at his Senate confirmation, Justice Brett Kavanaugh remains the U.S. Supreme Court’s lightning rod no matter how many conciliatory opinions he writes.

Tribune News Service · Jul 17, 2022

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Roll Call · Jul 14, 2022

Democrats preview same-sex marriage, contraception votes at hearing

Democrats want to codify rights after Justice Clarence Thomas urged the Supreme Court to revisit other precedents.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

Bill Torpy: The Supremes' greatest hits yet to come

Last week's death of former Republican Georgia state Sen. Mike Crotts, author of the state's 2004 constitutional ban on gay marriage, got me thinking about this generation's premier culture warrior: another Georgian, named Clarence Thomas.

Axios · Jul 14, 2022

Senate Republicans dodge as Dems plot votes codifying gay marriage, access to contraception

After Roe, Democrats are readying new legislation to codify long-settled precedents.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Law professor rebukes Josh Hawley’s ‘transphobic’ line of questioning in abortion rights hearing

‘We can recognise this impacts women while also recognising this impacts other groups. Those things are not mutually exclusive, Senator Hawley’

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Los Angeles Times · Jul 12, 2022

In the '90s, a new breed of rock stars organized for abortion rights. Could that happen today?

LOS ANGELES — This past June, across the Atlantic, over 200,000 fans descended upon the pastoral English village of Pilton, Somerset, for this year's Glastonbury Festival. Yet for many in attendance, particularly for U.S. citizens, the weekend's music was overshadowed by some breaking news: On June 24, the U.S. Supreme…

Reason · Jul 12, 2022

If Congress Bans Abortion, This New Deal Precedent Will Be at the Center of the Legal Battles

A 1942 decision about the Commerce Clause takes on new importance post-Roe.

Tribune News Service · Jul 10, 2022

Impeaching Clarence Thomas ‘unrealistic,’ says Senate majority whip

Impeach Justice Clarence Thomas? A top Senate Democrat says not likely.

Reason · Jul 10, 2022

N.Y. Times Opinion: "If Only John Roberts Would Retire"

No, it wasn't my column.

The Guardian - US · Jul 10, 2022

The ‘Thomas court’: after biding his time, rightwing justice finds his power

Just as the conservative justice reaches the zenith of his influence to press his agenda, a political scandal could yet tear him down

Salon · Jul 9, 2022

The week SCOTUS trashed the Constitution

Sam Alito and John Roberts appeal to "history and tradition" — while they dance around the burning Constitution

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

Judicial committee to investigate hiring of controversial law clerk at federal appeals court in Atlanta

ATLANTA — A special committee will investigate the hiring of a law clerk by the chief judge of the federal appeals court in Atlanta in light of allegations the clerk had sent racist and xenophobic texts, a judicial panel ruled Friday.

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