Rahmbo Has ‘No Doubt’ He Will Prevail
Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel suffered a major legal setback in his quest to become Chicago's next mayor, but he said Monday, "I have no doubt that we will in the end prevail at this effort."Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel suffered a major legal setback in his quest to become Chicago’s next mayor, but he said Monday, “I have no doubt that we will in the end prevail at this effort.”
Emanuel must establish his residency before voters can elect him. A state appellate court just ruled against him (as David Sirota tweeted, “Financial Industry Cyborg Thrown Off Chicago Mayoral Ballot”), but Emanuel plans to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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"We're one stop closer to holding him accountable," said advocacy group Tax March.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sides with a lower court, saying that reinstating the ban—even temporarily—would cause harm.
Now that gays and lesbians have Supreme Court backing to get married, it's getting harder for wedding-industry workers like Jack Phillips, owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Denver, to refuse to do business with same-sex couples.
A streak of victories for activists fighting to extend gay rights across the country came to an end Thursday when an appeals court upheld same-sex marriage bans in four states and made a Supreme Court battle on the issue likely.
A federal appeals court in Manhattan became the second court to find that the Defense of Marriage Act -- the law that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman -- is unconstitutional.
An appeals court Tuesday extended a temporary stay of a judge's order prohibiting the Obama administration's controversial efforts to put any U.S. citizen the government deems a terrorism suspect behind bars indefinitely without being charged or tried.An appeals court extends the stay of a judge's order blocking the provision.
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