They were showing the oral argument at my school, and I watched most of it. One of the lawyers for the petitioners was just phenomenal; she was really quick in responding to the justices, and she managed to clearly lay out the best arguments for her side
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I am worried about possible backlash and a constitutional amendment in California banning it
I'm not. The California legislators have tried twice to make gay marriage legal without the courts' intervention. Things will need to change a lot before they start trying to make it illegal.
Then again, you appear to know much more about the issue than I do. What class was this in? How is it that you're so familiar with all these previous legal cases? Can you point me to a reference online where I can get that kind of background, too?
I'm not. The California legislators have tried twice to make gay marriage legal without the courts' intervention. Things will need to change a lot before they start trying to make it illegal.
I was thinking about a constitutional amendment by initiative, which I believe only needs a simple majority of voters to pass (stupid rule). Because of the way California's districts are set up, it is entirely possible for the people to significantly disagree with what the legislature does and yet not be able to vote them out because even though they might have the majority in all of California, they won't have a majority in the right districts.
Then again, you appear to know much more about the issue than I do. What class was this in? How is it that you're so familiar with all these previous legal cases? Can you point me to a reference online where I can get that kind of background, too?The oral argument wasn't shown for a class, a group just set it up in an open classroom. In fact, I skipped a class to go watch it
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I'm not. The California legislators have tried twice to make gay marriage legal without the courts' intervention. Things will need to change a lot before they start trying to make it illegal.
Then again, you appear to know much more about the issue than I do. What class was this in? How is it that you're so familiar with all these previous legal cases? Can you point me to a reference online where I can get that kind of background, too?
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I was thinking about a constitutional amendment by initiative, which I believe only needs a simple majority of voters to pass (stupid rule). Because of the way California's districts are set up, it is entirely possible for the people to significantly disagree with what
the legislature does and yet not be able to vote them out because even though they might have the majority in all of California, they won't have a majority in the right districts.
Then again, you appear to know much more about the issue than I do. What class was this in? How is it that you're so familiar with all these previous legal cases? Can you point me to a reference online where I can get that kind of background, too?The oral argument wasn't shown for a class, a group just set it up in an open classroom. In fact, I skipped a class to go watch it ( ... )
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