Updated (October 22, 2014): Rebekah Evenson from Prison Law Office informed EJS that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation agreed to end all race-based lockdowns as a settlement of this case. The Los Angeles Times covered the news. OCTOBER 10, 2013 – The Equal Justice Society and other organizations this week filed an amicusContinue reading “[Updated] EJS and Calif. Advocacy Groups File Brief Opposing Race-Based Prison Lockdowns”
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Appeals Court Rules Prop. 8 Unconstitutional
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the August 2010 decision of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco striking down Proposition 8, the 2008 measure that stripped same-sex couples of the right to marry in California. The Court affirmed the ruling of former Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker that Prop 8Continue reading “Appeals Court Rules Prop. 8 Unconstitutional”
LGBT Legal Groups Decry Obama Administration’s Defense of DOMA
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (EJS board member Kate Kendell is NLCR’s executive director), Lambda Legal, the ACLU, Human Rights Campaign, GLAD and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force issued a statement today objecting to the Obama administration’s recent filing in support of the a law that discriminates against LGBT. (San Francisco, CA,Continue reading “LGBT Legal Groups Decry Obama Administration’s Defense of DOMA”