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June 26, 2015 | National Law Journal

Same-sex couples have a constitutionally protected right to marry, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday in a history-making victory for the gay civil rights movement. Justice Anthony Kennedy, adding to a trilogy of landmark rulings in which he has emphasized the equal rights and dignity of gay and lesbian Americans, led a 5-4 majority in holding that the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause prohibits states from denying marriage licenses to those citizens. The ruling also requires states to recognize the same-sex marriages of other states.

By Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

June 26, 2015 | National Law Journal

Same-sex couples have a constitutionally protected right to marry, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday in a history-making victory for the gay civil rights movement. Justice Anthony Kennedy, adding to a trilogy of landmark rulings in which he has emphasized the equal rights and dignity of gay and lesbian Americans, led a 5-4 majority in holding that the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause prohibits states from denying marriage licenses to those citizens. The ruling also requires states to recognize the same-sex marriages of other states.

By Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

June 26, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

When the U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday, June 29, it will be the last sitting before its summer recess—and the only day of the term when the public can be relatively sure which rulings will be announced.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 25, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

The Obama administration's celebration of a pair of U.S. Supreme Court victories began as soon as the justices left the bench on Thursday.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 25, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Civil rights advocates and the Obama administration on Thursday celebrated U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's embrace of the Fair Housing Act in a 5-4 ruling that endorsed the use of "disparate impact" claims in discrimination cases.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

June 25, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

A request for U.S. Supreme Court justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan to recuse themselves in the pending same-sex marriage cases has appeared on the court's online docket, just days before the justices are expected to issue a ruling.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

June 25, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

The Obama administration's celebration of a pair of U.S. Supreme Court victories began as soon as the justices left the bench on Thursday.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 25, 2015 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday endorsed a broad application of a landmark civil rights law long understood to offer relief to those claiming certain housing policies had a racially discriminatory effect. The case before the court involved the handling by Texas of federal tax credits in ways that civil rights groups claimed kept blacks in Dallas away from housing opportunities in white neighborhoods.

By Tony Mauro and Mike Sacks

4 minute read

June 25, 2015 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday endorsed a broad application of a landmark civil rights law long understood to offer relief to those claiming certain housing policies had a racially discriminatory effect. The case before the court involved the handling by Texas of federal tax credits in ways that civil rights groups claimed kept blacks in Dallas away from housing opportunities in white neighborhoods.

By Tony Mauro and Mike Sacks

4 minute read

June 25, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Civil rights advocates and the Obama administration on Thursday celebrated U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's embrace of the Fair Housing Act in a 5-4 ruling that endorsed the use of "disparate impact" claims in discrimination cases.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read