Many fair-minded people will cheer Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision to overturn California’s Proposition 8 that constitutionally banned gay marriage in the state. Although I disagree...
Perspectives
Software Surreptitiously Tracks Web Users
(CSM) The ease and speed with which people can share information over the Internet is perhaps the marvel of this era. The way they live...
Will Prop. 8 Ruling Affect Other States?
(CSM) Wednesday's ruling by a federal judge in San Francisco overturning Proposition 8 shifts the national debate over the definition of marriage in favor of...
Gays Too Pessimistic About Prop. 8 and Supreme Court
By Adam Winkler (Huffington Post) ...But gay rights activists may have been too pessimistic about the current Supreme Court. It's true that the Roberts Court is...
Many Regret CA Term Limit Law
(Contra Costa Times) The strictest term limits in the nation, enacted 20 years ago to end the "stench of greed and vote-selling" in Sacramento, have instead...
High Court Trims Miranda Bit by Bit
(Washington Post) The Supreme Court made major revisions to the now familiar Miranda warnings this year. The rulings will change the ways police, lawyers and criminal...
President to use Recess Appointment Power for Stalled Nominees
President Obama stated that he would not allow (LawIllustrated - March 28, 2010) President Obama announced on Saturday that he intends to use the recess appointment...