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Court orders tossing of lawsuit over ‘Bruno’ scene

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:00:50 +0000

(Los Angeles) A lawsuit accusing Sacha Baron Cohen of causing injuries to a woman during the filming of “Bruno” should be dismissed because the comedian was exercising his right to free speech(...)

Obama picks more females, minorities for judges

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:39:56 +0000

(Washington) President Barack Obama is moving at a historic pace to try to diversify the nation’s federal judiciary: Nearly three of every four people he has gotten confirmed to the federal(...)

Anti-gay chief justice appointed in S Africa

logointern1 — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:11:33 +0000

(Johannesburg) President Jacob Zuma on Thursday appointed Mogoeng Mogoeng as chief justice of South Africa, casting aside accusations that the judge has been lenient on rapists and is(...)

SAfrica chief justice candidate criticized for being anti-gay, anti-female

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:00:31 +0000

(Johannesburg) Opposition is mounting to a pastor nominated to lead South Africa’s judicial system who critics say is an apologist for rapists in a country with the world’s highest incidence(...)

Court orders immediate halt to gay military ban

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:21:30 +0000

(San Francisco) A federal appeals court ordered the U.S. government on Wednesday to immediately cease enforcing the longstanding ban on openly gay members of the military.

In a brief two-page(...)

Corvino: Gay man in the jury box

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:50:01 +0000

“Are you married?”

It seems like a simple question. But on closer glance, much depends on context.

In this case, the context was jury duty. I was Candidate #13, sitting in the box during(...)

Court won’t hold ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ lawsuit

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:00:08 +0000

(San Francisco) A federal appeals court has denied the government’s request to suspend a lawsuit challenging the military’s ban on openly gay servicemembers.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of(...)

Appeals judge refuses to quit gay marriage case

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:30:22 +0000

(San Francisco) A federal appeals court judge is refusing to recuse himself from considering the constitutionality of California’s gay marriage ban.

Backers of Proposition 8 had asked Judge(...)

Bigotry Watch: NOM goes after Prop 8 judges

David Badash — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:00:39 +0000

On Wednesday, December 1, coincidentally both World AIDS Day and the fifty-fifth anniversary of freedom fighter Rosa Park’s refusal to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, Maggie Gallagher’s(...)

Huckabee says ousting of gay marriage Iowa judges ‘historic move’

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:30:27 +0000

(Des Moines, Iowa) Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Sunday that Iowa voters likely launched a national movement when ousting three state Supreme Court justices who agreed with a decision(...)