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U.S. Supreme Court

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2012

    Proposition 8: U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal on Gay Marriage (Update)

    Update 2:10 p.m.: City Supervisors respond to U.S. Supreme Court decision on Prop. 8. Read at the bottom Original story 12:29 p.m.: The U.S. Supreme Court just announced that it will review the federal constitutional challenge to Proposition 8, California's ban on gay marriage, as well as the Def ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2012

    Prop.8: U.S. Supreme Court Considers Whether to Hear Gay Marriage Case

    Update 12:40 p.m.: No action on gay marriage from the court today. The justices did not pick up any of those cases at their meeting this morning, SCOTUSblog reported. So, for all those who are hosting a Supreme Court Gay Marriage Case Announcement party, you'll need more ice and maybe some sleeping ... More >>

  • News

    October 17, 2012

    A More Perfect Union: Prop. 8 May Lead to Gay-Marriage Rights

    Update 12:40 p.m.: No action on gay marriage from the court today. The justices did not pick up any of those cases at their meeting this morning, SCOTUSblog reported. So, for all those who are hosting a Supreme Court Gay Marriage Case Announcement party, you'll need more ice and maybe some sleeping ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2012

    Salvatore Cordileone: Gay Rights Advocates Will Protest Archbishop-Elect Installation Mass

    Next Thursday, Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone will be installed as the San Francisco Archdiocese's Archbishop. Over the course of his career -- which began at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Calexico, a border town 122 miles east of San Diego, with a population that's 97 percent Latino -- Cord ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2012

    State Supreme Court, Legislature Want to Give Juveniles Serving Life Sentences a Shot at Parole

    On June 6, 2007, Rodrigo Caballero, a 16-year-old member of the Vario Lancas gang in Los Angeles, jumped out of a green Toyota and opened fire on three Val Verde gang rivals walking down the street. He missed two of his targets, but the third caught a non-fatal gunshot wound near the shoulder blade. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2012

    Michael Breyer: Good Job, Dad!

    Michael Breyer, the Assembly candidate who will duel Phil Ting to represent the segment of San Francisco where people have lawns -- and mow them -- made an announcement today. The candidate let it be known that this morning's Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare was to his liking. In this, he wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2012

    San Francisco Has Mixed Feelings About Arizona Immigration Decision

    In April 2010, Supervisor David Campos issued an official resolution to boycott the state of Arizona to demonstrate his opposition toward the controversial Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which gave cops the authority to check the status of residents without probable cause. Campos wanted to "stand in soli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2012

    City Attorney Dennis Herrera Defends Medical Marijuana Permitting

    Medical marijuana does not grow on trees (pot plants are much smaller). And cannabis does not fall from the sky: In order for marijuana users to access their preferred medicine -- and in order for the will of the voters to be respected -- "patients" need to acquire cannabis from somewhere. In Califo ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2012

    Days of Rage: Immigrants and Allies Must Fight Back

    Medical marijuana does not grow on trees (pot plants are much smaller). And cannabis does not fall from the sky: In order for marijuana users to access their preferred medicine -- and in order for the will of the voters to be respected -- "patients" need to acquire cannabis from somewhere. In Califo ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2012

    Jim Crow Returns: New State Laws Could Take Obama Out This Fall

    Medical marijuana does not grow on trees (pot plants are much smaller). And cannabis does not fall from the sky: In order for marijuana users to access their preferred medicine -- and in order for the will of the voters to be respected -- "patients" need to acquire cannabis from somewhere. In Califo ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2012

    Bordering on Revolution: America's War on Mexicans Has Gone Too Far

    Medical marijuana does not grow on trees (pot plants are much smaller). And cannabis does not fall from the sky: In order for marijuana users to access their preferred medicine -- and in order for the will of the voters to be respected -- "patients" need to acquire cannabis from somewhere. In Califo ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2012

    Freedom Under Fire: America's War on Mexicans Has Gone Too Far.

    Medical marijuana does not grow on trees (pot plants are much smaller). And cannabis does not fall from the sky: In order for marijuana users to access their preferred medicine -- and in order for the will of the voters to be respected -- "patients" need to acquire cannabis from somewhere. In Califo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Prop. 8 Backers to Ask Appeals Court to Rehear Same-Sex Marriage Case

    ​As some predicted, Proposition 8 backers are saying they will ask a larger group of judges from the liberal-leaning Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel's decision to strike down California's ban on same-sex marriage, rather than appealing the ruling directly to the U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Prop. 8 Might Not Go Before the Supreme Court

    ​Earlier this month, the debate over same-sex marriage in California continued what some have speculated is an inexorable march to the U.S. Supreme Court, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a decision striking down Proposition 8, the state's gay-marriage ban.Yet a story pu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Prop. 8 Appeals Court Ruling: Inside the Dissenting Opinion

    ​Same-sex marriage advocates rejoiced today as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's 2010 decision that Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot initiative banning gay marriage, is unconstitutional.The decision is almost certainly destine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Alameda Gun Ordinance to Go Before Full 9th Circuit Appeals Court

    ​The quest for the rights of ordinary, hardworking Americans to carry bazookas and roll Abrams tanks across government property continues its slow advance. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has  agreed to revisit an Alameda County couple's claim that a law banning guns on county land ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    U.S. Supreme Court Hearing Challenge to California's Pig Protection Law

    ​Two years ago, President Obama signed a federal law that that would keep "downed" cows -- animals brought to the slaughterhouse too sick or weak to stand -- out of the human food chain. Other animals -- well, the humans who eat them, really -- haven't had the same kind of federal protections, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Supreme Court Shoots Down State Ban on Violent Videogames

    Keep shooting, kids​Kids can continue to legally play ultraviolent videogames after the Supreme Court ruled this morning that California cannot restrict kids from buying or renting the shooting games.  The court voted 7-2 that such a ban, which was spearheaded by Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Franci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling Cost S.F. $290,000

    They're not using real money to elect pliant candidates, are they?​The U.S. Supreme Court's crappy Citizens United ruling, which allowed unlimited corporate funding of independent political advertising, just cost San Francisco $290,000.That Supreme Court's 2010 ruling, it turns out, affected the o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Patients Sue Federal Government

    Stoners aren't the only ones who are slow to react ​We all know that the wheels of government move slowly -- but nine years slowly? That pace is too lazy for Americans for Safe Access, which just wants answers. So it's going to court to force the federal government to get some response.At issue is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Supreme Court: S.F. Politicians Free to Denounce Catholic Church

    Heresy: The business of S.F. government?​The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit brought by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights against the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, essentially settling the question of whether the supervisors were out of line when they passed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Kamala Harris Wants Federal Appeals Court To Allow Gay Marriages Now

    Harris: Let the people marry​Supporters of same-sex marriage just got a powerful ally: California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The newly minted AG is urging the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to allow gay couples to marry while it considers a federal appeal over the constitutionality of Propositi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    The Year in Gay, 2010 Edition

    What a year it was​Who Will Be The Uppity Fag Of The Year?Let's face it -- this was a messy, messy year for the gays. Much of the news was good, ultimately, but shit dragged on! There were three major federal trials (four, technically -- but two were sorta merged in Massachusetts), promises ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Prop. 8 Trial: The Live Blog

    The big day has arrived...​Check back often for frequent updatesMonday, 12:05 a.m.: This is it, folks: the big day for Prop. 8 at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Lawyers for both sides get just two hours to make their cases this morning, and we're going to be on the scene to report about how it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Overcrowded California Prisons Today

    Hot, flat, and crowded: San Quentin State Prison​The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments today in Schwarzenegger v. Plata, the landmark prison-overcrowding lawsuit that could eventually result in tens of thousands of state inmates being released.California has faced a lot of pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Iowa Ousts Three Judges Who Approved Gay Marriage

    ​LGBT Advocates Blast Special Interests' Campaign To Intimidate Judges NationwideThe huge shift to the right in yesterday's election probably doesn't bode well for any LGBT-friendly legislation coming down the pipeline. But perhaps the harshest rebuke of those who support LGBT rights came from Iow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Violent Video Game Law Court Found Unconstitutional Has 72 Percent Approval: Poll

    Ah, but is it Constitutional? ​According to a recent Zogby poll, 72 percent of Americans support a California law preventing the sale of ultra-violent videogames to children. And yet, the validity of that law isn't for Americans randomly picking up the phone to decide, but the nine justices of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Marriage Rights Can't Rely on Fickle Politicians' Whims

    Some day his prince will come. But will a political consensus? ​Over the past few days, columnists Jonathan Rauch and Jonathan Capehart have been wringing their hands over what Judge Vaughn Walker might do to Proposition 8. They are convinced that Walker will either start an "inferno" or cause ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Week in Gay: Carrie Prejean to Wed 'Jesus in Cleats'

    Her prince has come!​On Thursday, members of the LGBT media were invited to participate in some kind of weird press conference at the White House. Was it a show of good faith (this is a first for queer journalists) or just another attempt to appear attentive? An administration official named Melod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Supreme Court Won't Hear Challege to Healthy San Francisco

    ​The U.S. Supreme Court this morning delivered a major victory for gun ownership rights -- and also denied to hear a challenge to San Francisco's universal health care plan. So if you're uninsured and shot within city limits, this is your lucky day.

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    The Week in Gay: Gays Invade San Francisco!

    Adam Hood loves you​What is the best way to kick off San Francisco Pride Weekend? By listening to an ex-gay, ex-San Franciscan who wears an ascot and just loves him some pussy! Adam Hood doesn't want the gays to bring the gangrene into heaven but he does want to bring flavor savers. Imagine hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Prop. 8 Cast Goes to Court ... And Gets Celebrity Doppelgangers

    ​When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cameras would not be permitted to film Perry v. Schwarzenegger,  directors John Ireland and John Ainsworth, along with a band of volunteer actors, decided to reenact the entire Prop. 8 trial and post the results to Youtube. Until today, the actors relie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    SF Weekly Appeal Finally Heard, But No Decision Yet from the Court

    ​ Twenty-seven months after a San Francisco jury levied a gargantuan $16 million judgment against SF Weekly and its parent company for allegedly trying to "injure" the Bay Guardian, the California Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in the case Friday morning. The brief session before a thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Did Elena Kagan Shill for Monsanto on GMOs?

    arcticpenguin/FlickrIs the Supreme Court nominee Roundup Ready?​Over at The Atlantic's online presence, Barry Estabrook, a former contributing editor for Gourmet, has a bone to pick with President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Some critics may question Elena Kagan's position on battlefield ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Doggy Bag: Supreme Court Ruling Will Work Its Way into Your Shopping Bag

    Jeff.L/FlickrNot even Berkeley Bowl can save you.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Oh noes!: What does yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision to jimmy open the sewer lid to corporate campaign contributions have to do with the food you eat? Pantloads, writes Food Politics blogger Marion Ne ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2009

    Perverting Justice

    Jessica's Law prevents paroled sex offenders from residing near schools or parks. That means they can only live one place in S.F.: on the streets.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Chronic City: 'Truth In Trials' Bill Would Lift Ban On Medical Marijuana Evidence In Federal Court

    ​U.S. Representative Sam Farr (D-Carmel) and more than 20 bipartisan co-sponsors introduced legislation today that would allow defendants in medical marijuana cases the ability to use medical evidence at trial, a right they currently do not have. Due to the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Chronic City: Marijuana Moratorium -- How To Ignore The Voters And The Law

    Dispensary moratorium: Latest political fad?​One by one, across California, the lights are winking out.In city after city, town after town, patients who had dared hope they would at last have safe access to the medicine recommended by their physicians are having those hopes dashed  by politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Chronic City: San Diego Says 'No Bongs For You!'

    Photo: smorgBusted: Freak Factory smoke shopApparently nostalgic for the bad old days of pot paraphernalia raids, our law enforcement friends down in San Diego have taken time off from pursuing what seem to be less pressing matters -- like, you know, murder and rape and stuff -- to bust four smoke s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Chronic City: Getting It Wrong -- What's The Press-Enterprise Been Smoking?

    familydocs.orgDr. Tom Bent, president, California Academy of Family PhysiciansRiverside newspaper the Press-Enterprise reported yesterday that "observers don't expect a flood of applicants for medical marijuana cards" even though challenges by San Diego and San Bernardino counties to California ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2009

    Whipped and Gagged

    Is government spending obscene? Well, it paid to train S&M filmmakers.

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Will Gay Marriage Have to Wait for Democracy to Catch Up?

    History's Answer: Yes By Peter Jamison Since Californians voted to enshrine discrimination against gay couples in their state constitution on Nov. 4, the varied strains of lamentation from San Francisco's chattering classes have risen to a choral swell. The success of Proposition 8, which banned s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Gay Marriage: Next Stop, U.S. Supreme Court

    History's Answer: Yes By Peter Jamison Since Californians voted to enshrine discrimination against gay couples in their state constitution on Nov. 4, the varied strains of lamentation from San Francisco's chattering classes have risen to a choral swell. The success of Proposition 8, which banned s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    US Supreme Court to SF Restaurant Association: Pay Up!

    History's Answer: Yes By Peter Jamison Since Californians voted to enshrine discrimination against gay couples in their state constitution on Nov. 4, the varied strains of lamentation from San Francisco's chattering classes have risen to a choral swell. The success of Proposition 8, which banned s ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2003

    The Past and Future Fraud

    Yes, punch-card voting machines are error-prone. The touch-screen systems planned to replace them may be just as bad.

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    A Black and White Issue

    A lawsuit alleging racism at Amtrak's Oakland yard has made it to the Supreme Court -- and could affect discrimination cases nationwide

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    The Illusion of Roe V. Wade

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • News

    December 17, 1997

    Letters

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • Calendar

    February 19, 1997

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • News

    August 28, 1996

    Totems Are Taboo

    But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

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