The Executive Committee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit’s Judicial Council ruled on November 25 that a former federal court employee in Oregon was entitled to compensation for the cost of providing health insurance for her same-sex domestic partner because the refusal by the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to recognize Oregon domestic partnerships for this purpose violates the 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the Oregon … <Read More>
U.S. v. Windsor
Obama Administration Files Amicus Brief in Opposition to Proposition 8
On February 28, the Obama Administration weighed in on Hollingsworth v. Perry, No. 12-144, the pending challenging in the Supreme Court by the American Federation for Equal Rights (AFER) to California Proposition 8, by filing an amicus brief arguing that the Court should declare California’s constitutional provision limiting marriage to the union of a man and a woman to be unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. The government is the Petitioner in the companion case
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