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At the Supreme Court this Week: Religious Objections, Birth Control, and Trump’s No Good, Very Broad Rules

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By Jennifer C. Pizer

May 8, 2020

While every Supreme Court proceeding has drama, there’s extra excitement now.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health
VICTORY: Lesbian Couple to Have Their Day in Court in Challenge to HHS and South Carolina Foster Care Policy

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By Lambda Legal

May 8, 2020

The couple was turned away by a government-funded foster care agency because they, as a lesbian couple, did not meet the agency’s religious criteria, which excludes prospective foster parents who are not evangelical Protestant Christian or who are same-sex couples of any faith.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, South Carolina
Medical Care Saved Me From COVID-19, but I'm One of the Lucky Ones

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By Richard Saenz

May 7, 2020

"My neighborhood has been devastated by the pandemic. In Queens, New York, the epicenter of the pandemic, too many of our neighbors have died."

See Also: Coronavirus, Health Care Fairness
Lambda Legal to Dallas Court: Marriage is Marriage

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By Lambda Legal

May 6, 2020

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage, Texas
Once Again: Freedom of Religion is Not Freedom to Harm

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By Lambda Legal

May 6, 2020

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases joined for the purposes of argument, Trump v. Pennsylvania and Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, United States
Lambda Legal Condemns Senate Republicans Push for Anti-Health Care Nominee Walker to DC Circuit in Middle of a Pandemic

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By Sharon McGowan

May 5, 2020

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsay Graham has scheduled a hearing tomorrow on the nomination of Justin Walker to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Washington, D.C.
Prisons Must Begin Releasing People to Stop COVID-19

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By Sasha Buchert

May 4, 2020

Prisons, jails, and detention centers are a deadly culture broth for highly contagious viruses like COVID-19.

See Also: Coronavirus, Criminal Justice, Health Care Fairness

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