Religion & Law

"Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, federal appeals court declares"
"Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, federal appeals court declares": Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this news update. David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined "DOMA ruled unconstitutional by Mass...

DOMA Invalidated on Tenth Amendment Grounds
Judge declares US gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional - Local News Updates - MetroDesk - The Boston Globe According to the Boston Globe, a federal district court judge in Boston struck down the Defense of Marriage Act on the grounds that...

Appeals Court Strikes Down Portion of Defense of Marriage Act
The First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declared a portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional. The ruling on Thursday “likely sets the stage for the issue of same-sex marriage to finally be explored by the US Supreme Court,” the Boston Globe reported...

Court says marriage law discriminates against gay couples
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in Boston found on Thursday that a U.S. law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to lawfully married same-sex couples in a ruling that promises to push the issue of gay marriage to the U...

Federal Appeals Court in Boston Rules Against DOMA
A three-judge panel of the First United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled unanimously today that the Defense of Marriage Act, passed by Congress in 1996, discriminates against married same-sex couples by denying them the same federal benefits afforded to heterosexual couples.

ACLU Lens: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down DOMA
A federal appeals court in Massachusetts ruled today that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it denies married same-sex couples the same federal benefits available to other married couples...

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Self Defense
It's legal to defend yourself and your family

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Ketek
allegedly causing potentially life threatening Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) skin reaction.

CIA
Department of Defense Sued by Veterans

Ministry of Defense
$500,000 in damages in transgender humiliation suit.

The Ministry of Defense
$500,000 in damages in transgender humiliation suit.