I expect that Chuck Cooper will defend the voters of California against the truly scurrilous attack made by Olsen and Boies and repeated by Judge Walker.  The plaintiffs complained about the advertising used during the campaign. I was shocked the first time I heard this complaint.  They couldn’t find anything explicitly “homophobic” in the campaign […]

Skinner v Oklahoma is one of the standard cases cited in defense of the
”fundamental right to marry.” In this 1942 case, the Court stated, “We are
 dealing here with legislation which involves one of the basic civil rights 
of man. Marriage and procreation are fundamental to the very existence and
 survival of the race.” The […]

Judge Stephen Reinhardt has just refused to step down from a three-judge panel that will consider the arguments for and against Prop 8 on Monday — in spite of the fact that his wife has provided legal counsel to one of the parties in the case! And in an unparalleled act of judicial arrogance — […]

That was fast! The Wall Street Journal has already taken note of NOM and others’ call for Judge Reinhardt to step down, because his wife’s involvement in this case means Reinhardt’s continued involvement would violate the Judicial Code of Conduct.