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9 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Open thread for news a... · 1 reply · +8 points

Sorry everyone. Been dealing with health issues the past two days. Hopefully I'll be better on Monday.

9 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Rowan County clerk Kim... · 2 replies · +14 points

Apologies everyone for just getting this posted now. Was dealing with a medical issue that couldn't be helped.

9 years ago @ Equality on Trial - EOT is taking a break ... · 3 replies · +10 points

Thanks so much!

9 years ago @ Equality on Trial - EOT is taking a break ... · 9 replies · +28 points

I can do a daily open thread.

9 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Open thread · 2 replies · +6 points

Here's breaking news from the FDA: they recommend ending the lifetime blood ban for gay people http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/12/gay-bloo...

9 years ago @ Equality on Trial - A look at what's at st... · 1 reply · +13 points

I think he was writing more as a Supreme Court insider than a LGBT rights advocate. Keep in mind that even the Justices won't necessarily know which amicus briefs are filed by groups who have a sordid history or are generally hateful. They don't keep up with that aspect of the cases themselves. They're just focused on legal arguments and they could potentially find some of the amicus briefs persuasive and others simply crazy.

So I don't think Lyle was out of bounds really. He wasn't writing as if he and SCOTUSBlog want the cases to turn out a certain way, but just to inform people about what the Justices might find persuasive.

(That said, many of the lawyers at SCOTUSBlog wrote amicus briefs in the Prop 8 case in favor of marriage equality, and Lyle has been covering the issue since the early 90s.)

9 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Puerto Rico ends defen... · 2 replies · +18 points

Here's what it says: "Because Puerto Rico’s marriage ban impermissibly burdens Plaintiffs´ rights to the equal protection of the laws and the fundamental right to marry, we have decided to cease defending its constitutionality based on an independent assessment about its validity under the current state of the law."

9 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Gay and Lesbian Advoca... · 1 reply · +1 points

According to the petition, the en banc First Circuit looked at the facts and law on a kind of sliding scale instead of specifically looking at each for clear error.

9 years ago @ Equality on Trial - BREAKING: Federal judg... · 0 replies · +8 points

I'm trying to get more clarification on this. If I get something I'll add it to the post.

9 years ago @ Equality on Trial - BREAKING: Federal judg... · 0 replies · +23 points

I hope so. I've been getting so nervous. Pretty much watching the docket on this case nonstop.

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