Federal courts order Kentucky clerk to issue gay marriage licenses
By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board President & Cooperating Attorney Over the past few weeks, three different federal courts have mandated that a county clerk in Kentucky must issue marriage licenses to gay couples regardless of the clerk’s personal opposition...
DOJ challenges Idaho’s criminalization of homelessness
By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board President & Cooperating Attorney This month, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in a federal lawsuit challenging the City of Boise, Idaho’s ban on sleeping in public. The lawsuit, Bell v. Boise, was...
Youth rise up to address climate change
August 12, 2015 By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board President & Cooperating Attorney Last week, at the Next Generation Climate Justice Action Camp (NGCJAC), a diverse group of youth and adult organizers met in Southern Oregon to share tools and stories and prepare the...
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