Image by riacale via Flickr One of the interesting points about American government is the balance in the federal constitution between democratic and non-democratic institutions. It is, as was intended, a series of checks and balances on the power of too much democracy. The Congress, the most democratic of the countries institutions at the federal […]
Proposition 8 overturned; next stop, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
August 4, 2010 by
Just moments ago, the Judge Vaughn Walker of the US District Court for the Northern District of California overturned Proposition 8, declaring it unconstitutional. And, predictably per their promise, the legal team defending Prop 8 has sought a stay pending appeal. In court papers filed Tuesday night, lawyers for the Proposition 8 defense team asked […]
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