Why this gaugin sold for 300 million in 45 seconds a new decision from the u. S. Supreme court today. Its going to have a big impact on alabama. A Southern State now at the center of the legal battle over same sex marriage. Its pitting state judges against federal judges an in a moment, well talk to the states only openly gay representative but we begin with robert ray in montgomery. Robert. Reporter john, good evening indeed. Perhaps the best day ever for some same sex marriage couples in the state of alabama. For others, another fight for their equality. Dozens of gay couples lined up at courthouses across alabama. Some had waited all night for this, marriage licenses. Extremely, extremely excited. We waited a long time for this now we had no conflict no issues and no one to stop it. That wasnt the case in some parts of alabama. Alabama chief Justice Ray Moore sent out letters to many in state of alabama where gay marriage was supposed to be legal on monday that he still felt it was
GOING TO THE SOURCE: Crown Heights Tenant Union and other NYC housing organizations members march on December 11 from the Brooklyn Housing Court to the law offices of Balsamo, Rosenblatt & Hall, a law firm that specializes in evicting tenants.Photo: Sue Brisk.
Tenant organizers in Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Missouri, Illinois & California speak out.
The United States could see a Hurricane Katrina of evictions next month, as the federal Center for Disease Control’s limited moratorium on evictions and two programs expanding unemployment benefits are scheduled to expire by Dec. 31.
In late September, the National Council of State Housing Agencies projected that by January 2021, up to 8.4 million renter households containing more than 20 million people could have eviction cases filed against them. It estimated that would include more than 1 million people in California, 860,000 in Tex-as, and 730,000 in New York.