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Law Dork is Chris Geidner's blog. I am the senior political and legal reporter at BuzzFeed. [Here's my bio.] This blog is inactive, but you should follow me on Twitter and Tumblr.
What I write is my opinion and my opinion alone. This blog does not represent the views of any associated clients, colleagues, publications or bosses past, present or future. Please, however, do send me your ideas, thoughts or news.-
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- Better Know An Anti-LGBT Senate Candidate: State Treasurer Josh Mandel (R-OH) | News 47News 47 on Ohio House Passes LGBT Non-Discrimination Bill
- 17 year old kid shot dead by Neighborhood Watch "Captain" - Page 293 - INGunOwners on Hate Crimes Act Makes Conference Report, Death Penalty Gone
- Cecil Cornejo on Obama's DOJ Did Not Have To Go This Far
- Tony on Justice Thomas on ‘Proposition 8-related retaliation’
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- wess on The Brand That Started a Weekend Boil
- Jeff on Nick Gets Married
- DOMA Is 13 Years Old, ENDA Still Not Law
- Hate Crimes, Matthew Shepard and What Happened Today
- DOJ Reply Brief in Smelt Filed
- Sunstein Confirmed, Some Progressives Still Skeptical
- House Hears About Don't Ask, Don't Tell - and from Rep. Gohmert
- Where's Dawn Johnsen?
- Ohio House Passes LGBT Non-Discrimination Bill
- Obama Nominates Chai Feldblum, LGBT/Equality Scholar, to EEOC Post
- Judge Walker: Prop 8 Challenge to Continue to Trial
- Judge Denies LGBT Orgs, Grants San Fran Request to Join Prop 8 Challenge
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On a Television Near You
They let me on the Tee Vee … On Wednesday, Feb. 23, I appeared in the lead segment on Capital Insider,... -
Gill v. Golinski: What’s the Difference?
Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, the case filed in 2009 in Massachusetts by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders... -
Perry: Week Two
As we enter the second week of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the trial challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, I... -
Perry Thoughts
If you have thoughts about the Perry v Schwarzenegger lawsuit challenging Prop 8, the trial begins on Monday and I’d... -
Rallying Behind the Lawyers
It’s the weekend before trial, and everything is heating up. As The New Yorker unveils its lengthy piece on the Proposition... -
The OPM-Ninth Circuit Dispute, Disentangled
There has been much written about Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry’s comments this weekend about Ninth Circuit Judge... -
Evolving . . . Place by Place, Issue by Issue, Person by Person
Today, Sen. Arlen Specter caused a bit of a kerfluffle with his announcement at The Huffington Post that he had... -
DOMA Is 13 Years Old, ENDA Still Not Law
The Human Rights Campaign’s Michael Cole today noted the “unhappy anniversary” taking place today: President Clinton’s signing of the Defense... -
Are You Off Message If You Say Exactly What You Mean to Say?
This weekend, we learned exactly how long it takes for a D.C. journalist to fall prey to the homogenizing aims... -
DOJ Responds, in Measured Tone, to Gill DOMA Challenge
What a difference an informed Justice Department makes. The Department of Justice today responded to the Amended Complaint filed by...