Fantasy SCOTUS!!!

For those of us who balk at the idea of actually watching a football game, the idea of investing our precious time into constructing an imaginary team of players and tracking their seasons sounds not only ludicrous, but the opposite of fun. Lucky for us, there’s a nerdy alternative to Fantasy Football. No, I’m not [...]

Supreme Court Alert!!!

News has broken today that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired only one law clerk for the 2010 Supreme Court session. The standard for acting justices is four, with retiring and retired justices usually hiring only one.  This is a possible sign that the longest currently serving Justice  (since 1975!) will be retiring [...]

Prop 8: Looking Forward

Yesterday the California Supreme Court voted to uphold Proposition 8 – at least in name. In a 6-1 vote, the Court held that it was constitutional for the State of California to limit ‘marriage’ to between a man and a woman – but that’s it. In the 135 page decision, the Court also held that [...]

Iowa, Vermont, and D.C. !

Over the past two weeks Sweden, Iowa, and Vermont have all legalized same-sex marriage! Sweden and Vermont by legislative action, Iowa by a unanimous state supreme court ruling. The District of Columbia also voted unanimously to recognize marriages and unions from states that offer them.
It appears now that the Iowa ruling will stick, and especially strongly, as Senate Majority Leader Mike [...]