Gay Marriage & Civil Unions - Year to Date, and the Road Ahead.

I thought it might be good to remind people of how well LGBs are doing in gaining recognition of same-sex relationships - here's a quick round-up of ... . The States of Jersey is set to begin debating a civil partnership law this year, having ... marriage or equal-to-marriage civil unions. The Connecticut Supreme Court legalised gay marriage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:44:26

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White firefighters' race case headed to high court

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case that could strike down laws that give special protections to minorities in the workplace ... , saying federal civil rights law prohibits the use of tests that have a “disproportionate racial ... Haven, Conn. Here’s the background: The white firefighters had earned the best scores on a civil service [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:24:40

TPMtv: "Black and Bitter"

A recent Justice Department report found that John Tanner, the former head of DOJ's voting-rights section, told a colleague he liked his coffee " ... the chair of the US Commission on Civil Rights, which works to protect voting rights. This is hardly ... in the video to Tanner's support for a Georgia voter ID law that an appeals court later likened to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:04:51

Eleventh Circuit upholds Georgia voter ID law

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Georgia law that requires voters to present government-issued photo identification in order ... for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) advocacy website , and other civil rights [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:32:09

Another Reason for Civil Liberties Activism: Security Court Rules in Favor of Warrantless Wiretapping

The path taking America back to constitutional governance just got steeper ... because the law uses the word “foreign,” and it’s OK to do these things to foreigners. Never mind ... for government agents who do so. The law has the word “Foreign” in it, and the government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:25:57

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