From The Advocate:
In a bold move that takes a new approach to achieving marriage equality, two attorneys who argued opposing sides of the 2000 Bush v. Gore lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court have filed a challenge to Proposition 8 in federal court, The Advocate has learned.
Theodore B. Olson, the U.S. solicitor general from 2001 to 2004 under President George W. Bush, and David Boies, a high-profile trial lawyer who argued on behalf of former vice president Al Gore, filed the suit May 22 in U.S. district court on behalf of two California gay couples.
The attorneys argue that relegating same-sex couples to domestic partnerships instead of granting them full marriage rights is a violation of the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
I'm not a lawyer. I know. What a surprise! Therefore, this is posted without commentary, except with respect to the words in bold print, I say, "Didn't I tell you?"
Thanks to Lapin for finding the link.
UPDATE: More discussion of this story in the comments to my Cal Supremes Say "No" to Equality post.
To quote a little-known, but very wise retired lawyer, who commented in an earlier post:
ReplyDelete"Mimi has a keener common sense understanding of the words "equal protection" and "due process" than most lawyers who are content to go off half-cocked forsaking the forest of justice for the trees of pedantry."
Crapaud, what a nice reminder of very flattering words.
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