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...bipartisan duo is exactly right. Based on previous rulings by the Supreme Court, Prop 8 violates the Constitution’s guarantee that a state cannot “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” But even more strikingly, if the Court upholds Prop 8, the ramifications would be much more devastating than a speed bump on the road to civil equality. If they affirm that Prop 8 and the Fourteenth Amendment are not mutually exclusive, they would, effectively, overturn the landmark decision in 1967 that made bans on interracial...
That case, titled Loving v. Virginia (1967), is one of the primary decisions cited by Olson and Boies as precedent. Loving, a white male citizen of Virginia, married a black fellow Virginian out-of-state and was charged, along with his wife, with violation of Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924. The couple challenged the constitutionality of this law under the Fourteenth Amendment, and on appeal, the Supreme Court of Virginia upheld it because the state has a personal stake in preserving the “racial integrity” of its citizens. In addition, since...
...look of a prizefighter and presents a tough-guy image for the White House. The problem is that he is taking on not just Republicans but also a majority of Americans - and even arguing against positions that Obama took during the 2008 campaign. (See pictures of Obama's State of the Union speech...
...detention facility, pursuing civilian trials for terrorism suspects and repatriating and releasing detainees held in U.S. custody. At the same time, Obama is touting the use of Bush-era tactics he once deplored, like the use of military tribunals, detention without trial and an expansive interpretation of the state's secrecy doctrine...
...aides increasingly play the sharply partisan inside game. "At this critical time in our country, the people who sent us here expect a seriousness of purpose that transcends petty politics," Obama said, either unaware or unconcerned about the joke Gibbs was readying. (See pictures of Obama's State of the Union speech...