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29 Oct 2009, 10:53 am by JB
Yesterday, President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which expands the protection of federal hate crimes laws to include homosexuals.The Office of Legal Counsel has issued an opinion explaining why the bill is constitutional. [read post]
19 Aug 2013, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
Matthew Shepard, who was born in Casper, Wyoming, was attacked near Laramie, Wyoming, on October 6, 1998, and died six days later. [read post]
7 Aug 2009, 7:34 am
  The subtitle is, "The GOP added a death penalty clause to the Matthew Shepard Act in hopes that a debate over capital punishment would derail the legislation. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 11:40 am by constitutional lawblogger
As amended and passed by the Oklahoma Senate SB1965 seeks to "opt-out" of the recently passed federal hate crimes legislation covering sexual minority and gender identity status (see our discussion of the Matthew Shepard Act here). [read post]
14 Jun 2019, 10:48 am by Steven D. Schwinn
The Fourth Circuit this week rejected an as-applied Commerce Clause challenge to the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd, Jr. [read post]
11 Feb 2020, 1:36 pm by Steve Lash
ANNAPOLIS – Gay rights activists hailed legislation Tuesday that would bar murder defendants from claiming they were provoked to violence after discovering the victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity in an effort to reduce their offense to manslaughter, a defense most famously tried by the killers of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard in the ... [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 4:15 am by constitutional lawblogger
As for LGBT Pride month, Obama’s proclamation touts his Administration's accomplishments including passage of the Matthew Shepard act to... [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 9:53 am by firstamendmentblogger
., DignityUSA, the Matthew Shepard Foundation, and Campus Pride, Inc.) have filed suit against the Camdenton R-III School District in Camden County, Missouri. [read post]
20 Jun 2009, 1:43 pm
This Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. [read post]
10 Oct 2009, 3:08 pm
The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act, ENDA, the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the military, same-sex marriage and DOMA - - - these are often considered the "gay agenda. [read post]
5 Aug 2012, 9:58 pm by constitutional lawblogger
Holder that a group of pastors who "say that homosexuality is 'forbidden by God'" lacked standing to challenge the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act.... [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 10:53 am
Levin made tv films; among his well-known made for tv movies is The Matthew Shepard Story, which... [read post]
4 Jun 2007, 11:21 am
No. 8 (9/27/05), which held that the divestiture of the Matthew Bender Publishing Co., and its 50% interest in Shepard's-McGraw Hill, was not a tax-free reorganization... [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 8:08 pm
  As noted above, proceeds after expenses go to the Matthew Shepard Foundation. [read post]
31 Jul 2012, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
In northern Ohio last year, 16 members of an Amish community were indicted for conspiracy to violate the federal Matthew Shepard-James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act and the federal witness tampering law. [read post]
23 Oct 2009, 12:00 am
The bill contains an expansion of federal hate crimes legislation, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 11:40 pm
The Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act will not pass Congress this year. [read post]
16 Nov 2009, 11:10 pm
Even though the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. [read post]