xrlq.com - 12/20/2008
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Add Jerry Moonbeam to the list of California fruits and nuts who think the Constitution is unconstitutional. Between this and Lisa Madigan, can just anybody be Attorney General?
online.wsj.com - 12/19/2008
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A top priority of the incoming Democratic Congress
and Obama administration is the misnamed Employee Free Choice...
Act. The EFCA, as is well known, introduces a card-check procedure that allows a union to gain recognition without an election by secret ...
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The Employee Free Choice Act Is Unconstitutional
patterico.com - 12/20/2008
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Via Xrlq we learn that California Attorney General
Jerry Brown has filed a brief arguing that Proposition...
8 is unconstitutional. In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure that amended the California Constitution to limit ...
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Jerry Brown Files Legal Brief Saying Proposition 8 Is ...
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Jerry Brown Files Legal Brief Saying Proposition 8 Is Unconstitutional
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Via Xrlq we learn that California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a brief arguing that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.
In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure that amended the California Constitution to limit marriage to a man and a woman is itself unconstitutional because it deprives a minority group of a fundamental right. Earlier, Brown had said he would defend the ballot measure against legal challenges from gay marriage supporters.
“The amendment-initiative process does not encompass a power to ...
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