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It's Jerry Brown vs. Ken Starr for the Fate of Gay Marriage
Politics Daily —
... On the hard left, Brown, who filed a brief with the state Supreme Court stating "the amendment process cannot be used to extinguish fundamental constitutional rights without compelling justification." Brown wants the marriage-ban repealed. ...
What an Attorney General
The Corner on National Review Online —
[image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Saturday, December 20, 2008 [image] What an Attorney General [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Jerry Brown vs. the voters. 12/20 10:45 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us
Cal. AG Flops on Prop 8
Ace of Spades HQ —
Cal. AG Flops on Prop 8 California Attorney General Jerry Brown has gone back on his earlier statement that he would defend the will of the voters. He is now trying to persuade the California Supreme Court that Prop 8 is inconsistent with the California Constitution, which bans sexual orientation discrimination. That argument worked for invalidating the traditional marriage statute which was voted on in 2000 (a statute must yield to the constitution). But Prop 8 is no mere statute, it is a constitutional amendment and thus stands on equal ground with the California Bill of ...
It’s Brown Versus Starf In California Prop 8 Gay Marriage Court Case
The Moderate Voice —
... Brown has taken some heat because he had defended the state’s ban. But as the L.A. Times notes, he has now moved swiftly to seek to scuttle Prop 8 with the same energy that he had previously defended the state’s old official position: ...
Brown Moves to Nix Prop. 8
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... to amend other parts of the Constitution by majority vote, but to use the ballot box to take away an “inalienable” right would establish a “tyranny of the majority,” which the Constitution was designed, in part, to prevent, he wrote.
In an interview, Brown said he had developed his theory after weeks of consultation with the top lawyers in his office. “This analysis was not evident on the morning after the election,” he said.
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Jerry Brown, Kenneth Starr and California Proposition 8
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... So, who would you rather have supporting your cause before the California Supreme Court, Dean Kenneth Starr or California Attorney General Jerry Brown? -especially when the cause is the legality of gay marriage.
Brown who had not practiced law for over a decade before he won an election as California Attorney General has postulated a weird legal theory (in his brief before the court) as to why the California Supreme Court should overturn the vote of the California people restoring the traditional definition of marriage (one man one one woman). ...
Caroline Kennedy Asks to be Time’s Person of the Year
The Hollywood Liberal —
... by an initiative amendment.” Voters are allowed to amend other parts of the Constitution by majority vote, but to use the ballot box to take away an “inalienable” right would establish a “tyranny of the majority,” which the Constitution was designed, in part, to prevent, he wrote. In an interview, Brown said he had developed his theory after weeks of consultation with the top lawyers in his office. “This analysis was not evident on the morning after the election,” he said. Read more ...
