Prop 8 Ruling a True Test of Liberty (Religious or Otherwise)<\/a>
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Everyone pretty much figures that the Nine Circuit will uphold the strike-down of Prop 8 in California, even with the proposition's supports granted standing by the California Supreme Court; the Ninth Circuit might not go along with that standing (Federal rules are more strict), but either way, it go to the US Supreme Court. 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Takei remains hopeful:\"I am nearly 75 years old. I have lived through four wars, spent my childhood in two U.S. internment camps, and watched a nation go from segregation and Jim\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26556,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/21\/playing-the-delaying-game.html","url_meta":{"origin":23929,"position":2},"title":"Playing the delaying game","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 21-Feb-12 2:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The chances of the Ninth Circuit en banc overturning the panel decision seem pretty slim to me, but this is still a clever (if despicable) move on the Pro-8 supporters:1. There's always a chance the full circuit will, in fact, overturn the three-judge panel. Really small, but still a finite\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26165,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/what-the-ninth-circuit-decision-on-prop-8-really-says.html","url_meta":{"origin":23929,"position":3},"title":"What the Ninth Circuit decision on Prop. 8 really says","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Feb-12 6:23pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In short:1. Once a right is recognized for a group (in this case by the California Supreme Court), you can't simply wish it away with a majority vote without it looking very much like a violation of the Federal Constitution's Equal Protection Under the Law.2. 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