Brief of amici curiae
I know many people have been trying to figure out how they can be involved in the legal battle to keep our rights. Some people feel they make the most impact through protests; others, myself included, take a law-oriented route.
I am currently working on an amicus ("friend of the court") brief to be filed in the California Prop 8 cases. It will deal primarily with the issue of what to do with the marriages that were performed before Prop 8 was enacted, as well as with equal protection and the full faith and credit implications (i.e. a couple flew from NY to California to get married, flew back and the marriage was recognized; now what?).
Because amicus briefs can be filed jointly - that is, multiple individuals or organizations with the same or similar legal or policy interests in the case and its outcome - I would like to have others "sign on" to this brief. In particular, I would like to get others who either planned to get married in California, or who got married in California, prior to Election Day, because this group is the most "interested" in the case in the eyes of the law. I believe it will have more impact if it's not just one interested person. I would remain "Counsel of Record" (the person who writes, signs, and submits the brief), and anyone who wants to sign on would only need to email me their name and a brief (20-40-word) statement of their interest in the case. You don't need to be a California resident, but you do need to be over 18 (which, conveniently, is the age you have to be to get married in California anyway).
EDIT: If I say someone should email me, I should probably include that info, shouldn't it? twwtheovaloffice @ yahoo . com
I am currently working on an amicus ("friend of the court") brief to be filed in the California Prop 8 cases. It will deal primarily with the issue of what to do with the marriages that were performed before Prop 8 was enacted, as well as with equal protection and the full faith and credit implications (i.e. a couple flew from NY to California to get married, flew back and the marriage was recognized; now what?).
Because amicus briefs can be filed jointly - that is, multiple individuals or organizations with the same or similar legal or policy interests in the case and its outcome - I would like to have others "sign on" to this brief. In particular, I would like to get others who either planned to get married in California, or who got married in California, prior to Election Day, because this group is the most "interested" in the case in the eyes of the law. I believe it will have more impact if it's not just one interested person. I would remain "Counsel of Record" (the person who writes, signs, and submits the brief), and anyone who wants to sign on would only need to email me their name and a brief (20-40-word) statement of their interest in the case. You don't need to be a California resident, but you do need to be over 18 (which, conveniently, is the age you have to be to get married in California anyway).
EDIT: If I say someone should email me, I should probably include that info, shouldn't it? twwtheovaloffice @ yahoo . com