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Jorge Contreras, professor of law at the University of Utah, talked about The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA. In his book he tells the story of t…

Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a news conference on the seventh anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder, in whic…

Civil liberties and voting rights organization leaders testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee concerning voting discrimination. Witnesses discussed state voting laws since the 2013 …

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing on the Voting Rights Act and the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder …

Roberta Kaplan talked about her book Then Comes Marriage: United States V. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA, in which she discusses the case that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)…

Brian Brown and Sarah Warbelow talked about what had happened since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions on same-sex marriage one year before in cases over the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) a…

Roberta Kaplan talked about her experience arguing against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) before the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Kaplan’s client in the DOMA case was Edith Windsor, who sued …

Myrna Perez talked about voter identification laws passed in various states since the 2010 elections, and their impact on voting rights. Topics included the latest voter identification law s…

Panelists talked about marriage equality and the potential impact of recent Supreme Court decisions affecting same-sex marriage in the U.S. They also responded to questions from the audience…

Witnesses testified on the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Two of the five witnesses w…

National reporters who cover the U.S. Supreme Court assessed the court’s past term, which included decisions on voting rights, same-sex marriage, and affirmative action. They also responded …

Catholic legal scholars talked about the legal and religious issues from the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on two same-sex marriage cases the previous week. The justices invalidated a provisi…

Chief Justice John Roberts talked about his time on the Supreme Court. He talked about some of the lesser-known cases from the 2012-2013 term and how sequestration and budgetary concerns wou…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, docket number 11-345, a case on affirmative action policies in higher education. Justice Kagan did n…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Windsor, docket number 12-307, a case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). At issue was whether the court had jurisdictio…

Legal experts reviewed major cases of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2012-2013 term, talking about the history of the case, the Supreme Court’s decision and what the decision would lead to. Cases …

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Shelby County v. Holder, docket 12-96. The case concerns Congress' 2006 re-authorization of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act under the pre-ex…

David Savage reviewed the just-ended 2012-13 Supreme Court term, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included same-sex marriage, voting rights, and coll…

Members of the Republican Study Committee reacted to the Supreme Court rulings that day on same-sex marriage. The court invalidated a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that de…

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and others, including Democratic members of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage earlier …