I haven’t had time to post any of the California marriage awesomeness lately, but I couldn’t pass this Union Tribune article up:
San Diego County issued a record 230 marriage licenses today and performed 144 wedding ceremonies on the first day gay and lesbian couples were allowed to marry in San Diego.
County officials did not break [...]
Posted by Chris in Law, News, Sexuality on June 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
It might just be a temporary victory, but today the California Supreme Court overturned a ban on gay marriage that was voted into law (as Proposition 22) back in 2000.
Domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage, the justices ruled 4-3 in an opinion.
The cases were brought by the city of San Francisco, [...]
Posted by Chris in Law, News on May 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Argh. It’s official: The Bush administration has given up on even pretending they’re subject to the rule of law.
Posted by Chris in Crime, Government, Law, Politics on July 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »
Looks like New York is still making halting steps forward on same-sex marriage rights:
Gov. Eliot Spitzer proposed legislation on Friday that would make New York the second state in the country to legally sanction same-sex marriage, fulfilling a longtime pledge to supporters of gay rights.
Mr. Spitzer has acknowledged that he does not expect the bill [...]
Posted by Chris in Culture, Law on April 27th, 2007 | No Comments »
Karen is too tired to post this article from the Seattle P-I:
Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced an initiative that would put a whole new twist on traditional unions between men and women: It would require heterosexual couples to have children within three years or else have their marriages annulled.
I can’t wait to see what [...]
Posted by Chris in Culture, Law, Uncategorized on February 6th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Finally some good news!
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government’s warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency’s program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy.
More information and [...]
Posted by Chris in Crime, Government, Law on August 17th, 2006 | No Comments »
I’ve been trying to come up with a decent summary of why this article on the release of a “suspected terrorist” five years after his arrest depresses me, but I can’t seem to get beyond the obvious “Sixth Amendment in tatters” or hand-wringing “what are we doing here?” arguments.
What really gets me is how accepting [...]
Posted by Chris in Crime, Law on August 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Faced with human rights scandals, trillion-dollar deficits, rampant corruption, and a rising death toll, our Senate finally decided to do something:
They declared English the national language of the United States. Or maybe the common language. Something like that.
Sigh. What exactly does this get anyone? Nothing. Then again, what harm could it [...]
Posted by Chris in Government, Language, Law, Politics, You have got to be kidding on May 19th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
A group of Georgetown law students responded to a shill session by Alberto Gonzales in the best way possible: “they turned their backs on him”:http://insomnia.livejournal.com/652389.html. The protest is being downplayed by some media outlets, but it warranted a mention in the “Washington Post”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/24/AR2006012401593.html:
bq. Gonzales’s appearance, which was part of a three-day White House campaign to [...]
Posted by Chris in Law on January 25th, 2006 | No Comments »
Nicely done, South Africa! Their highest court just “ruled that same-sex marriages have the same rights as opposite-sex marriages”:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/international/africa/02joburg.html?hp. It might get overruled by the legislature, but that’s not considered likely.
Posted by Chris in Law on December 2nd, 2005 | 4 Comments »
