Thursday, March 5, 2009

Watch the Supreme Court's Oral Arguments on Prop 8



To watch the 3 cases challenging the same-sex marriage amendment, tune into the California Channel.

18 comments:

Megan Kinninger said...

Learn more background about the case at NCLR's blog: http://overturn8.nclrights.org/

Megan Kinninger said...

Lead counsel NCLR's Shannon Minter arguing now

Megan Kinninger said...

Mr. Marshall now arguing on behalf of civil rights organizations throughout CA.

Megan Kinninger said...

Pam's House Blend http://www.pamshouseblend.com/frontPage.do and GLAAD http://glaadblog.org/2009/03/03/watch-the-courts-prop-8-challenges/ are also following the arguments

Megan Kinninger said...

http://overturn8.nclrights.org/ Ray Marshall: “For the first time, a ballot initiative has been used to take away a fundamental right from a suspect classification. If left unchallenged, there is no principled difference between being able to take away the rights of gays and lesbians to marry and being able to take any right away from any group.”

Christy said...

Hey Megan! Thanks for the link! It's times like these that I'm proud to be a student at USF School of Law...they set up the conference room here on the 2nd floor of the library with a big projection screen and lots of bagels and coffee so that students could watch today's oral arguments.

These judges are kind of tearing apart the amici counsel...

Megan Kinninger said...

Thanks for sharing Christy! Keep posting and let us know what people are saying at your law school!

Megan Kinninger said...

Queerty has a great breakdown of the judges here: http://www.queerty.com/meet-the-court-that-will-decide-the-fate-of-prop-8-20090305/

Megan Kinninger said...

Teresa Stewart from City and County of SF is now arguing!

Megan Kinninger said...

Well done Ms. Stewart!

Megan Kinninger said...

Christopher Krueger from the CA Attorney General’s office is now arguing

Heather Jensen said...

willy nilly? What?

Megan Kinninger said...

Ken Starr is on now, saying that inalienable rights can be taken away. We disagree!

Heather Jensen said...

ken starr sounds like adam west.

Heather Jensen said...

Who all is tweeting from inside the courtroom? Does anyone have a list?

Heather Jensen said...

Go Shannon!!!

Megan Kinninger said...

Shannon Minter bringing it back, rebutting Starr's argument. Go Shannon!

Free Your Mind. The REST will Follow. said...

I could not be more proud of our legal team -- Shannon and Teresa were brilliant. You make us proud. Andrea Shorter