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• Lesbian Dad commented on Breaking: Court will hear challenges to Prop 8* saying Yeah. Prop 13 was my youthful introduction to California state mock-populist politics. "Mock," insofar as that proposition SCREWED the people BIG TIME. The PBS documentary "First to Worst" tells the sad tale of woe about the consequences to public education in the state. If that wasn't far-reaching I don't know what could be. And
• caitlin commented on Breaking: Court will hear challenges to Prop 8* saying True, all of that. Of course, it makes much political sense to keep this out of the hands of the feds (and any legal team that includes Kate Kendall has my full trust [and my full crush]). But on a visceral level it's just SO FRUSTRATING that we have to tiptoe around because
• Lesbian Dad commented on Breaking: Court will hear challenges to Prop 8* saying Brava, Ruffian, brava! This is better than a Perry Mason marathon! As to the last matter -- whatthe heck could be the backers' response/counter-argument -- good question. Your take makes perfect sense to me (i.e., a provision counter to the equal protection clause, something so fundamental, would be of necessity significant, & therefore revisionary).
• Ruffian706 commented on Breaking: Court will hear challenges to Prop 8* saying I'm writing from a first year law student point of view, so I qualify as a legal powerhouse much less than Caitlin, but responding to her point about the Federal Court system, I haven't heard too much to indicate this would be a great course of action. The environment seems much friendlier in state courts.
• Lesbian Dad commented on Breaking: Court will hear challenges to Prop 8* saying Hi, Caitlin! [Date night (woot!) slowed your comment's seeing the light of day.] I am definitely not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, nor on the internets. All's I know is that what I've heard has been that the current make-up of the federal Supreme Court is such that any arguments taken directly
• caitlin commented on Breaking: Court will hear challenges to Prop 8* saying Hi, my name is Caitlin, and I'm a lawyer. (Hi, Caitlin.) A hearing means the lawyers for both sides will go argue before the judge. By March they'll have fully briefed the issue, meaning that the pro gay marriage folks will have submitted an opening brief, to which the anti folks will reply, to