SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
#1SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 1/7/13 at 1:51pm#2SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 7:08amSCOTUS will hear arguments on the Prop 8 case around 10:15AM eastern time.
#2SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 7:18amThere won't be any cameras inside the court, will there?
#3SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 7:35amI wonder what kind of horribly offensive question Scalia will ask today.
#4SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 7:37amNo cameras, but I think there is (sometimes?) audio.
#5SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 8:14am
Thanks to everyone who "evolved."
If the only people on our side were the people who were on our side 10 or 20 years ago, we wouldn't be where we are today.
The remarkable thing about the human heart is that it can be moved.
#6SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 8:29am
I'm very nervous about this. I have no idea how this is going to go, and all the legal pundits have made me even more confused as to what they think The Court will do.
But to echo PJ, no matter what happens it's truly amazing to stop and realize where we are today. Almost 60% of Americans are for it and the "Porter Effect" is sweeping the GOP.
Yes, people's hearts can be moved.
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#7SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 9:19am
Taz, I also have no idea! I also asked the question today about Scalia.
I reviewed Lawrence v. Texas last night and personally do not see how the 14th Amendment does not demand marriage equality. I was struck as to why Justice Kennedy specifically stated:
It does not involve whether the government must give formal recognition to any relationship that homosexual persons seek to enter.
I would strike DOMA and Prop 8 under the Equal Protection Clause.
These matters, involving the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime, choices central to personal dignity and autonomy, are central to the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.
#8SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 9:44am
I was struck as to why Justice Kennedy specifically stated: "It does not involve whether the government must give formal recognition to any relationship that homosexual persons seek to enter."
Perhaps because he has a longstanding and deep-seated animus against gay people, initially fed by the misapplied precepts of the Catholic Church, and seeded and watered by decades of practiced bigotry.
#9SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 9:48amI think so much of it is going to come down to how certain people on the bench will want to be remembered by history. I think it's going to be as simple as that.
#10SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 9:57amI agree Jordan. And I think the big surprise is going to come from Roberts.
#11SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 9:57am
I completely agree, Erik. They might not believe in it but they sure as hell don't want to be the bigots in the history books.
Updated On: 3/26/13 at 09:57 AM
#13SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 10:01amI don't think anyone expects anything out of him. For anything. Ever.
#15SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 11:36amI haven't read any of the reports yet. But early reports didn't sound good for Obamacare either.
#16SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 11:37am
True. This will be interesting to watch, for sure.
Do we know when they'll announce a ruling?
#17SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 11:39am
I've heard not until June.
This report doesn't sound so bad.
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#19SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 11:43amRoberts support may not be surprising. This could be his legacy and I doubt he wants to be on the wrong side of history.
#20SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 11:55am
Thought this was an incredible story that left me feeling hopeful.
Justice Sotomayer's Quiet Nod to Gay Americans
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#21SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 2:55pmI've read about 20 pages of the oral arguments so far and what's fascinating is that at this point no argument has been made other than the "traditional marriage is tradition" and "marriage is for procreation" arguments.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#23SCOTUS to hear Prop 8, DOMA
Posted: 3/26/13 at 3:45pm
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
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