The 8-0 ruling authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg states that a provision in federal law on how people born overseas can be eligible for U.S. citizenship violates the U.S. Constitution's equal protection guarantee.
The U.S. Supreme Court has left intact California's ban on so-called "gay conversion therapy," rejecting a Christian minister's challenge asserting the law violates religious rights, according to Reuters.
Conservative justice Neil Gorsuch — who's shown animosity to women's rights and ambivalence, at best, to LGBT rights — is now expected to serve for at least three decades on the high court.
The GOP's decision to "go nuclear" changes longstanding rules by allowing Gorsuch's nomination to go forward on a simple majority vote in the U.S. Senate.
