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The U.S. Department of Justice has sided with a Kentucky-based photographer suing a city over an ordinance that compels her to service same-sex weddings.
Two of three judges on the appeals court said the Equal Protection Clause did not apply to the right to a ballot initiative, which was granted by Nebraska's state constitution.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected a request to temporarily block part of Nebraska’s ballot initiative petition process sought by a group trying to legalize medical marijuana in the state.
The court ruled that the requirement that petitions be signed by at least 5% of registered voters in at least 38 counties does not violate the equal protection clause of the Constitution.
'We respectfully disagree with the majority opinion that voters are only guaranteed equal say when we vote, not when we determine what we should be voting on.'