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Same-Sex Domestic Partner Benefits Would Cost Government $144M Over 10 Years
… Courts of Appeals, in Boston and New York , struck down the DOMA law this year. Both courts ruled that the law violates the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in its denial of federal rights and benefits to lawfully married gay couples. Matt Dunning writes for …
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Arizona Officials Look to Repeal Domestic Partnership Benefits
… spouses of gay state workers under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Lambda ..... argue that the law does not violate the 14th Amendment because it does not intentionally discriminate ..... provisions. "The rule under the ( 14th Amendment ), which is the clause that the …
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Defense of Marriage Act Struck Down By U.S. Appeals Court
… court's July 2010 ruling, which also found sections of the law unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Though the Justice Department had argued that the law was constitutional at the district level …
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New York Appeals Court Declares Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
… bill on the grounds that the underlying law violates the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in its denial of rights to lawfully ..... much the same thing." The enhanced protection under the 14th Amendment is significant in that it requires the defense of a presumably …
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The Dream, the Reality: Civil Rights in the '60s and Today
… current African-American Supreme Court Justice, who asserts that the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment (which defines citizenship ) is sufficient. In a recent essay in Bloomberg Businessweek, Thomas wrote, "I was taught there …
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Gay Groups Refocus on Workplace
… has filed a lawsuit on Cooley’s behalf, citing a violation of his equal protection and due process rights under the 14th Amendment . Most people in Mississippi working for private companies have no legal protection from discrimination on the basis of …
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Court Rules for University in Deans Demotion
… Amendment right to free speech and for deprivation of property without due process of law, as required by the Fourteenth 14th Amendment . Reversing a lower lower-court ruling that denied the university's motion for summary judgment dismissing the case …
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High Court to test FMLA
… Todetermine that, you have to see where the exercise is coming from, which for theFMLA is the 14th Amendment . The FMLA emanates from the 14th Amendment right toallow gender rights and equality to be maintained and upheld in the workplace.Once …
