Arguing on behalf of two gay couples challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, Ted Olson and David Boies have rested their case. Greg Herek, a professor of psychology at UC Davis, was the final witness for the plaintiffs. He was called to help make the argument that homosexuals face high levels of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 14, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, January 14, and here’s a quick look at yesterday’s news… The Supreme Court ruled against televising the Proposition 8 trial… The Practicing Law Institute will hold a symposium on “hot button” topics on February 1… Dyncorp is being sued by two National Guardsmen… Robert Pringle is the antitrust lawyer of the year, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision has blocked the broadcast of the trial underway in San Francisco regarding California’s Proposition 8. Under a new program recently approved by the 9th Circuit, Judge Vaughn Walker had agreed to allow limited broadcasting of the trial via youtube.com over the objections of Prop 8’s defenders, who [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, January 12, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories. Thomas Russo has been offered the GC job at AIG… A court in New York has rejected the SEC’s attempt to broaden its case against B of A… Another 2100 legal jobs were lost in December, according to the BLS… The Supreme [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 11, 2010
Last week we told you that Judge Walker approved a plan to broadcast the Proposition 8 trial on youtube.com over the objections of some of Prop 8’s supporters. The Supreme Court has ordered that footage of the trial, which began today in San Francisco, not be released until it has had time to consider [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The 9th Circuit recently put in place new rules that give federal judges in the circuit the option of allowing trials to be broadcast. Judge Vaughn Walker announced today that he will allow the upcoming trial over the constitutionality of California’s proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same sex marriages, to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 18, 2009
The 9th Circuit has approved limited television coverage of some federal trials within the circuit. Criminal trials and jury trials will not be covered and individual judges will have to approve cameras in other other trials. Judge Vaughn Walker, who is presiding over the Prop 8 case in California starring David Boies and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 15, 2009
Good morning everyone! Here’s a quick look at yesterday’s news to start off your day… A birther lawyerhas been fined by a federal judge in Georgia after a truly bizarre sequence of events… A challenge to California’s Prop 8 has cleared an important hurdle… The FTC has clarified its new guidelines, to the relief of bloggers… Maria Shriver [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 2, 2009
Almost exactly one year after the California Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the right for gay couples to marry, many of the same lawyers will be back on Thursday to argue if the state’s recent same-sex marriage ban should stand or be revoked. This Thursday, the Supreme Court will hold three hours of oral arguments from [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Sponsors of California’s voter-approved gay marriage ban accused Attorney General Jerry Brown of advancing a “far-fetched” legal theory to justify overturning the homophobic initiative. That bizarre theory? That the state Supreme Court has the power to overturn unconstitutional initiatives. “The attorney general is inviting this court to declare a constitutional revolution,” reads a brief co-written by [...]
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