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Kurt Andersen talks with law professor Kenji Yoshino, author of Covering: The Hidden Assault On Our Civil Rights, about how we all distort our identities at some point in our lives—even if it's just...
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Kurt talks with law professor Kenji Yoshino, author of Covering: The Hidden Assault On Our Civil Rights, about how we "minstrelize" groups of people, and distort our identities to fit in -- even if...
View ArticleCalifornia's gay marriage battle heats up again
Today, California’s Supreme Court takes up the issue of whether Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that effectively banned gay marriage in that state, is legal or not. The hotly-contested proposition...
View ArticleA look at the docket for the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has set its agenda for the week and will hear arguments on two cases involving civil rights. The first case involves the strip search of a young girl by school administrators hot in...
View Article(Gay) Friends with Benefits
President Obama said yesterday that he will extend some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees. But with the Defense of Marriage Act still in place, how big a step forward is really...
View ArticleProp 8 Fight Goes to Federal Court
The fight over gay marriage resumes in California today with Perry v. Schwarzenegger ... and you may be able to watch it on YouTube, tonight. Two same sex-couples are suing the enforcers of...
View ArticleJudge Overturns California's Gay Marriage Ban
A federal judge has overturned Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that defines marriage as between one man and one woman. The measure passed with 52 percent of votes in November 2008....
View ArticlePresident Obama Changes Course on Defense Of Marriage Act
President Barack Obama declared the Defense Of Marriage Act unconstitutional yesterday, and ordered the Justice Department to no longer defend it. The act, which was signed into law in by President...
View ArticleDOMA Done?
Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, reacts to the DOJ's decision to stop...
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Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Kenji...
View ArticleShakespeare and Justice
Legal scholar Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law, explains how Shakespeare's greatest plays demonstrate what makes a fair and just society and...
View ArticleProposition 8 Ruling
NYU law professor Kenji Yoshino, the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law, discusses the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on the...
View ArticleCalifornia's Ban on Gay Marriage Struck Down
Coming up ... now that a federal appeals court has ruled against Proposition 8 in California, The Takeaway look at what's next in the legal battle for the right to same-sex marriage. That’s next.
View ArticleGay Rights Win Big in Ballot Measures
Yesterday, four states had same-sex marriage on the ballot in one form or another, and all four states voted in favor of upholding or extending rights to same-sex couples.What do these ballot...
View ArticleThe Legality of Gay 'Conversion Therapy'
Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU, discusses the legal issues associated with gay 'conversion therapy' and various challenges to bans on this type of therapy.
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage Goes to the Supreme Court
Today the Supreme Court hears the first of two cases on the constitutionality of gay marriage.The first case is Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge to California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved,...
View ArticleLove and Marriage on Trial Before the Supreme Court
A week from today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, the latest case to challenge a particular state's refusal to recognize same-sex marriage.The case involves James...
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