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...JibJab, bringing us back super old school. It's fair to say you'll never again be as relevant as you were for a brief period in 2004, but your singing babies did make us think of Baby Herman in Who Framed Roger Rabbit ("My stogie!"). And your latest video is kinda funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JibJab's 2008 In Review | 12/29/2008 | See Source »

...issues raised here go far beyond the issue of same-sex marriage," Brown wrote in his brief. "The question is whether rights secured under the state Constitution's safeguard of liberty as an 'inalienable' right may intentionally be withdrawn from a class of persons by an initiative... This litigation, perhaps for the first time, poses a more fundamental question: Is the initiative-amendment power wholly unfettered by the California's Constitution's protection of the People's fundamental right to life, liberty and privacy?" In other words, aren't some rights so sacred that they can't be taken away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Brown Reverses Course on Gay Marriage | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

...Friday, Brown's legal brief ignited a statewide debate among legal scholars, with discussion of the argument dominating law professor list-servs and e-mail lists. "It's creative and contains thoughtful insights," says Vikram Amar, a constitutional law professor and dean of academics at the University of California-Davis. "It profoundly highlights the almost paradoxical character of American constitutionalism: That minority rights exists only to the extent that the majority stands behind them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Brown Reverses Course on Gay Marriage | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

Amar told TIME that Brown's argument seeks to set barriers around those basic liberties in California - even against popular referendums. But Amar said it remains to be seen how many, if any, of the seven justices see things his way. Yet Brown's brief will be taken seriously, he said, and will undoubtedly influence the opinion once the closely divided court rules. "It certainly helps gay marriage supporters," he added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Brown Reverses Course on Gay Marriage | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

...Brief History of Gay Marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Brown Reverses Course on Gay Marriage | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

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