Tag: U.S. Supreme Court
TLDEF Statement on Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Issued in the Northern District of Texas
In May 2016 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued groundbreaking regulations clarifying that Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibits several forms of discrimination that still unfortunately plague our nation’s healthcare system.
Supreme Court of the United States Will Decide Transgender Student’s Case
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, responded to news that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Gloucester County School Board v. Grimm, a case involving discrimination against a transgender student.
HRC Expresses Disappointment in Supreme Court Order Delaying Justice for Transgender Students
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, expressed disappointment in a decision today by the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a lower court’s order forbidding a Virginia school district from enforcing its discriminatory ban on transgender students using bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.
HRC Hails Suspension of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore
Advocates say #NoMoore, HRC delivered 28,000 petitions to the Ethics Commission from members calling for Moore’s removal. No stranger to ethics complaints, Moore was removed from office in 2003 for similarly defying a federal court order.
Where Does Rand Paul Stand on Kentucky Clerk Flouting Federal Law?
Kentucky clerk’s outrageous refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples would become common if the noxious First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) passed in Congress.
Supreme Court Declines Emergency Stay Request from Anti-LGBT Rowan County Clerk
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined a petition from Kentucky’s Rowan County clerk Kim Davis for an emergency stay on a court order requiring her to immediately start issuing marriage licenses to all eligible applicants, including same-sex couples. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, welcomed the news as affirmation that personal religious opinions of public officials should not trump the fundamental rights of LGBT Americans.