Lawsuit Could Put Hundreds of Thousands of Drivers Back on Road Legally
The lower level of 201 Poplar is full of people waiting for traffic court. Some will get fines, others will get their licenses suspended. Derrick McNeal knows plenty about that.
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Gay Couple’s Lawsuit Against Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Is Back on After Court Ruling
Just half-a-year after a federal judge tossed out three lawsuits against Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who grabbed headlines in 2015 for denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds, a court of appeals ruled Tuesday that the men suing Davis can continue their case. Last August, U.S. District Judge David Bunning dismissed a case brought by David Ermold and David Moore …
Justice Department: Virginia May Be Punishing Poor by Suspending Driver’s Licenses
The Justice Department filed a brief Monday supporting a class-action lawsuit that claims Virginia suspends poor people’s driver’s licenses in an “unconstitutional scheme,” court documents show. In July, the class-action lawsuit, Stinnie et al. v. Holcomb , was filed in U.S. District Court in Western Virginia against the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, claiming 940,000 people …
Lawsuit: Christian Woman Fired for Refusing to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Certificates
Yanicka Parker, a Florida woman, was a longtime employee of the Broward County Clerk of Courts. She worked there for 12 years until she says she was suddenly fired when she told her bosses she wouldn’t issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. She’s has now filed a federal lawsuit against Howard C. Forman, the Clerk of Courts for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida.
Arizona Illegally Withholding Driver’s Licenses From Some Migrants
A single mother battling cancer and a victim of domestic abuse are among immigrants who qualify for Arizona driver’s licenses but have been unlawfully denied, a group of advocacy organizations claimed in a lawsuit filed in federal court this week. Arizona’s policy of denying …
Judge Rules Against Tesla in Missouri Dealer License Lawsuit
Updated at 2:30 p.m. Tesla’s licenses to sell cars in Missouri are in jeopardy after a circuit judge ruled the electric car maker is not a franchisee and its licenses should not be renewed by the Missouri Department of Revenue. Led by billionaire CEO Elon Musk, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based electric car maker sells vehicles from company-owned stores and online. In January 2015, after Tesla opened …
Lawsuit Against Kim Davis Dismissed by Judge
(Associated Press) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. U.S. District Judge David Bunning issued orders on Thursday dismissing the lawsuit brought by two gay couples and two straight couples against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. Bunning’s orders come after the 6th U.S.
ACLU Files First Lawsuit Against HB 1523: ‘Separate but Unequal’
The ACLU has filed the first federal lawsuit contesting House Bill 1523. The lawsuit names the Mississippi State Registrar of Vital Records as the defendant because that state office would have to collect a list of clerks who are recusing themselves from issuing same-sex marriage licenses as allowed in House Bill 1523, the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act” …
SPLC Lawsuit: Georgia Violating Federal Law by Denying Driver’s Licenses to Immigrants
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of six people denied licenses. All of them are currently authorized to work in the United States as they wait for the federal government to process their applications for lawful permanent residency (also known as a green card), which can take several years. Some of the plaintiffs have had valid driver’s licenses for years but were denied under Georgia’s new …