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2013
February 28, 2013 NAWL Signs on to NWLC Amicus Briefs in Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor
The National Women’s Law Center filed an amicus brief in Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor. Hollingsworth addresses the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that overturned the California Supreme Court's ruling that same-sex couples have a right to marry. Windsor challenges the constitutionality of the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act that bars the federal government from recognizing marriages of same-sex couples. NWLC argued that laws discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, like Proposition 8 and DOMA, must be subject to heightened scrutiny under the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee, like laws that discriminate on the basis of race or sex. Whether in the context of laws that treat men and women differently or laws that treat people differently on the basis of sexual orientation, the Constitution should provide strong protection against government efforts to perpetuate traditional, stereotyped gender roles. The cases will be decided in June 2013.
Hollingsworth v. Perry Amicus Brief USA v. Windsor Amicus Brief
2010
June 4, 2010 NAWL signs Amici Curiae Brief in support of Jane Doe, ET AL., Appellant vs. Vermilion Parish School Board, et al. MORE INFO 2009 December 10, 2009 The Court ruled in favor of the families in the Ciudad Juarez cases. The decision breaks legal ground by applying not only the American Convention of Human Rights, but also the Convention Belem do Para. It interprets women's rights in the broader human rights context, and provides a powerful statement of the basic liberties the women and their families were deprived of. MORE INFO August 28, 2009 NAWL signs Amici Curiae Brief in Martine "Tina" Oates, Defendant/Appellant vs. Michael "Mickey" Oates, Plaintiff/Appellee in support of the Appellant in the Court of Appeals in Arkansas. View Custody Brief View Civil Protection Order Brief July 7, 2009 NAWL signs Amici Curiae Brief in support of the petitioners for Campo Algodonero: Claudia González; Esmeralda Monreal; and Laura Monárrez v. The United Mexican States before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. MORE INFO June 11, 2009 NAWL signs Amici Curiae Brief in support of Appellant, Lori Handrahan in Igor Malenko v. Lori Handrahan. MORE INFO March 25, 2009 NAWL signs on as Amicus Curiae in support of Respondents in Frank Ricci, et al. v. John Destefano, et al. MORE INFO (PDF) January 14, 2009 NAWL signs on as Amicus Curiae in support of Petitioner, Karen L. Strauss et al. v. Mark B. Horton, as State Registrar of Vital Statistics, etc, et al. MORE INFO (PDF) 2008 October 15, 2008 NAWL files brief before the Inter-American Commission on Human-Rights, Organization of American Sates supporting Jessica Ruth Gonzales as Amicus Curiae in Gonzales v. The United States MORE INFO (PDF) August 29, 2008 NAWL drafts Amicus Brief in support of petitioner Linda and Robert Fitzgerald in the case of Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee MORE INFO (PDF) 2007 October 23, 2007 NAWL signs on as Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant, Dawn V. Martin Esq. v. Howard University, Howard University School of Law, and Alice Gresham-Bullock, Esq. MORE INFO (PDF) 2006 March 9, 2006 NAWL signs on as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Sheila White. MORE INFO (PDF) 2005 December 1, 2005 NAWL signs on as Amicus Curiae in support of respondent in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. MORE INFO February 11, 2005 NAWL files brief in U.S. Supreme Court Supporting Jessica Gonzales as Amicus Curiae in City of Castle Rock V. Gonzales MORE INFO 2004 October 5, 2004 NAWL drafts Amicus Brief in support of petitioner Dominique K. Gantt in the case of Dominique K. Gantt vs. Security, USA, Incorporated MORE INFO September 30, 2004 NAWL supports Jackson as Amicus Curiae in Roderick Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education MORE INFO (PDF) September 22, 2004 NAWL signs Amicus Brief on behalf of James Imes in Imes v. City of Asheville, et al to support protecting job security for victims of violence. MORE INFO |
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