Immigration activists close to the White House worry that President Barack Obama could delay or scale back executive actions on immigration that he has promised to take before the year ends.
A federal district court judge in New Orleans upheld a Louisiana ban on gay marriage on Wednesday, in a break from a string of recent rulings against such bans in other states following a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
A U.S. federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked enforcement of a Louisiana law that advocates say would likely have closed all five abortion clinics in the state.
The lawsuit filed by New Orleans-based Forum for Equality to recognize the marriage of same-sex couples who got married elsewhere was met with criticism in Louisiana, particularly with conservative interest groups, the Advocate said.
