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volokh.com - 5/27/2009
Federal challenge to Prop 8:
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It's apparently been filed by David Boies and, interestingly, Bush SG Ted Olson:...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 5/27/2009
Bush vs. Gore rivals challenge Prop. 8 in federal court
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Two prominent attorneys who argued on opposite sides of Bush vs. Gore, the legal battle over the... 2000 presidential election, announced Tuesday that they will challenge Proposition 8 in federal court and seek to restore gay marriage until the case... (more) Bush vs. Gore rivals challenge Prop. 8 in federal court

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advocate.com - 5/27/2009
Prop. 8 Challenge Filed in Federal Court  | News
— advocate.com — In a bold move that takes a new approach to achieving marriage equality, two attorneys who argued... opposing sides of the 2000 Bush v. Gore lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court have filed a challenge to Proposition 8 in federal court, The Advocate has ... (more) Prop. 8 Challenge Filed in Federal Court  | News

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — A federal challenge to prop 8 has been lodged.

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Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows — Daily Kos
When you think of Ted Olson and David Boies in the same courtroom, chances are you think, AAARRRGGGHHH , but today the former opponents in Bush (Olson) v. Gore (Boies) have teamed up to fight yesterday's decision by the Supreme Court on Proposition 8: A lawsuit filed in federal district court ...
Fight for Gay Marriage Goes Federal — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Theodore B. Olson and David Boies were Supreme Court adversaries in the landmark Bush v. Gore case, but the two lawyers have joined forces to take the fight for gay marriage into federal court. Fearing an unfriendly Supreme Court, some prominent gay rights groups are criticizing the shift ...
Ted Olson to team up with Bush v. Gore foe to challenge Prop. 8 in federal court. — Think Progress
Former U.S. solicitor general Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, who argued opposite each other in Bush v. Gore , are now teaming up to “represent two same-sex couples filing suit after being denied marriage licenses because of Proposition 8 . Their suit, to be filed in U.S. District ...
Bush v. Gore Opponents Team To Fight Prop 8 — The Atlantic Politics Channel
Combatants in the first politico-cultural drama of the 21st century, lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies are now allies in another: today, they're filing a federal court challenge to California's Proposition 8, hoping that a federal judge will issue an injunction against the same-sex marriage ban ...
Look who's uniting to launch federal challenge to Prop 8 — The Political Carnival
By GottaLaff I looked up to the sky, and zomg! What did I see? I saw a piggy with wings: Oh boy, now the Obama administration will have to take its head out of the sand as the stakes have been raised by an outfit called the American Foundation for Equal Rights . Two of the nation's top ...
Bush v. Gore Foes Join to Fight Gay Marriage Ban — NYT > Politics
David Boies and Theodore B. Olson, opposing lawyers in the 2000 recount to fight Proposition 8, are citing equal protection and due process in California.