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Prop 8 and DOMA: The Amicus Brief and the Primacy of Law

Ari Ezra Waldman November 9, 2011

BY ARI EZRA WALDMANIn separate cases over the last few weeks, various parties have filed what laywers call amicus curiae briefs arguing that … [Read more...] about Prop 8 and DOMA: The Amicus Brief and the Primacy of Law

Andy Towle October 25, 2011

The battle over the unsealing of videotapes of the trial that overturned Proposition 8 in California was extended for another period yesterday as the … [Read more...] about Federal Court Extends Stay on Seal of Prop 8 Videotapes

Andy Towle October 21, 2011

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has lost yet another effort to cover up records. In this case, the records from the successful campaign … [Read more...] about Judge Rules Against ‘Protect Marriage’ and NOM’s Efforts to Hide Prop 8 Campaign Finance Records, Names of Donors

Andy Towle October 14, 2011

Equality Matters President Richard Socarides talks to AFER attorney THeodore Boutrous about the next steps in the federal challeng to Proposition 8, … [Read more...] about Attorney Theodore Boutrous Explains the Next Steps in the Federal Challenge to Proposition 8: VIDEO

Andy Towle October 11, 2011

Following today's resignation announcement from Equality California Executive Director Roland Palencia, the SF Chronicle reports that the … [Read more...] about Equality California ‘In Turmoil’ as Executive Director Resigns

Andy Towle October 4, 2011

Yesterday, the American Foundation for Equal Rights representing the plaintiffs in Perry v. Brown, the landmark federal lawsuit that found Proposition … [Read more...] about Prop 8 Plaintiffs File Brief Urging Release of Trial Videotapes

Andy Towle September 28, 2011

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed Judge James Ware's order to unseal videotapes of the Prop 8 trial so it could be briefed on the case, the … [Read more...] about 9th Circuit Court Halts Order to Unseal the Prop 8 Trial Videotapes