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...same-sex couples in California brought their challenge to the state's gay-marriage ban before a federal judge on Jan. 11, the latest step in a contentious legal battle that will likely lead to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case--concerning the voter-approved 2008 referendum known as Proposition 8--is already setting some unusual precedents. The plaintiffs are represented by Theodore Olson and David Boies, the star litigators best known for arguing on opposing sides in the Supreme Court case that decided the 2000 presidential election. The trial could also be one of the first federal proceedings broadcast...
...from Russia to do so. Lukashenko also joined the E.U.'s Eastern Partnership initiative, created in 2008 to strengthen ties between Europe and the ex-Soviet bloc, much to Moscow's dismay. And last June, Belarus refused to attend a key security summit in Moscow after Russia slapped a ban on Belarusian dairy products. (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
...Wall Street. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, the head of Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, has spent the past year getting frozen out of the White House while blasting Wall Street as a glorified casino; yesterday, he stood next to Obama as the President described the proposed ban on proprietary trading by commercial banks as "the Volcker rule." Other White House economic aides have also chafed at the influence of Geithner and Summers; one of them recently told me that if I wanted to understand financial reform, I should talk to MIT's Simon Johnson, who until last...
...crucial phase of 60 days before the general election, that exhorts the public to disapprove of a Congressman who favors logging in national forests; the National Rifle Association publishes a book urging the public to vote for the challenger because the incumbent U. S. Senator supports a handgun ban; and the American Civil Liberties Union creates a website telling the public to vote for a presidential candidate in light of that candidate's defense of free speech...
...silence filling the Houses can be explained, in part, by rules put into place by the College that ban parties and overnight guests. The regulations threaten non-compliant students with dismissal from housing this winter and potentially during future winters...