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Ted Olson, Attorney Who Helped Lead Legal Effort To Overturn California’s Proposition 8, Dies At 84
13 Nov 2024 18:14 GMT
… hearts.”
Following the passage of Proposition 8 in 2008, a group … in San Francisco, with the judge, Vaughn Walker, siding with … . In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that the proponents of Prop … of Justice.
He argued 65 cases before the Supreme Court, including …
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Rollback of criminal justice reforms front and center among California ballot measures
06 Nov 2024 04:06 GMT
… 36 that also keeps criminal justice reforms in place. Republicans … the issue drew when Proposition 8, prohibiting same-sex marriage … U.S. Supreme Court struck down Proposition 8 on a technicality in … and hot cases and rulings in courthouses around the U.S …
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Would a Harris-Walz win get us closer to an out LGBTQ+ Supreme Court judge?
02 Nov 2024 22:49 GMT
… 2022, Judge Lawrence VanDyke of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that … LGBTQ+ judges on lower courts.
Today, eight of nine Supreme Court justices were selected … and ultimately ended up ruling that California’s Proposition 8 (which banned marriage …
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Blue States Are Trying To Get Ahead Of The Conservative Supreme Court On Same-Sex Marriage
22 Oct 2024 22:25 GMT
… since 2015, when the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that … Supreme Court ― stacked with three more conservative justices appointed by Trump ― ruled against … voters in the state approved Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between …
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California voters should protect same-sex marriage from U.S. Supreme Court assault
20 Aug 2024 14:40 GMT
… 2008 when the California Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had … the court’s 2022 ruling overturning constitutional protections for abortion rights, Justice Clarence … wording of Proposition 8, even though struck down by the courts, remains in …
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Where Harris stands on eight key issues — from criminal justice to the economy and education
19 Aug 2024 22:22 GMT
… Education | Climate | Criminal justice
Abortion
Harris has made reproductive … Harris refused to defend Proposition 8, which barred marriage … endorse Biden.
Criminal justice
Harris has repeatedly championed … , she appealed a court ruling in 2014 that would …
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Editorial: California voters should protect same-sex marriage from U.S. Supreme Court assault
09 Aug 2024 12:41 GMT
… 2008, when the California Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had … the court’s 2022 ruling overturning constitutional protections for abortion rights, Justice Clarence … wording of Proposition 8, even though struck down by the courts, remains in …
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Here are President Joe Biden's 15 queerest accomplishments
20 Jan 2025 15:01 GMT
… justices have said they'd like to overturn the court';s marriage equality ruling … constitutional amendment known as Proposition 8. It was eventually invalidated in court.
Inclusive State of the … as a district court judge in the Eastern District of …
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Two Trump justices just failed the First Amendment test
28 Jun 2024 12:04 GMT
… this latest Supreme Court perversion of justice in Murthy v. … the main reason the court ruled against the marriage amendment … 8 million Californians voted for Proposition 8, which defined marriage as … v. Wade.
This Supreme Court ruling has made clear it is …
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14 Supreme Court decisions that changed the landscape for LGBTQ+ rights
26 Jun 2024 23:08 GMT
… then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist put it in his Supreme Court ruling, “an avowed … stand a lower court’s ruling striking down California’s Proposition 8, a state constitutional … 2000.
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in 2010 that Prop. 8 …