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How The Court Ruled on DOMA and Prop. 8 How The Court Ruled on DOMA and Prop. 8 The key section of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the misnamed anti-gay-marriage law enacted almost seventeen years ago, was struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court today, in a 5-4 ruling written by Justice Anthony Kennedy. Justices ...

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From gay marriage to voting law, Kennedy is the key : Latest News, Information, Answers and Websites

The Believer

Rick Santorum, the boyish-looking 47-year-old senator from Pennsylvania, could not, in more decorous political times, have risen to a position of much power in Congress. He has been impatient and sometimes impertinent -- the political equivalent of the too-rough kid on the playground who either doesnt know the rules of the game or just doesnt - Michael Sokolove, author of The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw, is a contributing writer for the magazine. - By Michael Sokolove

Anthony Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dale, Kennedy voted, with four other justices, to uphold the ... measure that would repeal a gay rights domestic partnership law, ... 8 banning same-sex marriage, Walker "is not Anthony Kennedy.

What would happen to a Baketball team that was missing one of its team members for 1/3 of the game?

This is what will happen to the Libs when Elena Kagan is forced to sit out 1/3 of the key cases this term, including Obamacare, Arizonas Immigration law and Gay Marriage.

ROTFLMFAO


Dems will hope and pray that Kennedy will do one of his rare swings toward their way just to tie.

We are already have 4 out of the 8 votes locked in with Scalia, Roberts, Alito, and Thomas.
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=335015

Answer: We have 4. But we should have 9.
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Anthony Kennedy: “The first gay justice” - Salon.com

1 day ago ... A look at the often inscrutable jurist who cast the key vote against DOMA -- and ... to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, he single-handedy helped extend legal and ... But on gay rights, Kennedy is atypically consistent.

Justice Anthony Kennedy may hold key vote in same-sex marriage ...

Mar 24, 2013... about same-sex marriage rights, Justice Anthony Kennedy will be ... Court Justice Anthony Kennedy could be the deciding vote in the ...

Supreme Court strikes down DOMA, clears way for gay marriage in ...

One is a challenge to California's voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage. The other is a challenge to a provision of federal law that prevents legally ... health and pension benefits that are otherwise available to married couples. Justice Anthony Kennedy, joined by the four liberal justices, said the purpose of the law was to impose a disadvantage and “a stigma upon all who enter into same-sex marriages made lawful by the unquestioned authority of the states.”.

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down key provision of Defense of ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a dramatic slap at congressional authority, a divided Supreme Court has struck down a key part of a law that denies to legally married same-sex couples the same federal benefits provided to heterosexual spouses. ... But Kennedy — a moderate-conservative who proved once again to be the “swing,” or deciding, vote — made clear the ruling is limited: “This opinion and its holding are confined to those lawful marriages.” Thirty-five states ...

In Lieu of Manners

In the new Fox series Boston Public, students have been forced to take random drug tests, teachers have been fingerprinted because the school board was worried about child molestation and the parents of the star football player have sued the principal because their son wasnt allowed to play after he failed two courses. It is a lot of - Prof Jeffrey Rosen article on how interactions are increasingly conducted in shadow of legalese as Americans rely on law to regulate behavior that used to be governed by manners and mores; holds vocabulary of law and legalism is only shared language left for regulating behavior; warns legalization of personal and professional lives is leading to more social polarization and more mistrust of authority in all its forms; sees climate that leads to legal absurdities spurred by fear of undemocratic forms of authority; drawings (L) - Jeffrey Rosen, an associate professor at the George Washington University Law School and the legal affairs editor of The New Republic, is the author of The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America. - By Jeffrey Rosen

Will Justice Kennedy strike down California's gay marriage ban ...

Mar 21, 2013 ... As the Supreme Court's unpredictable swing vote, Justice Anthony Kennedy ... side with the more liberal wing of the court in some key cases, such as when he affirmed Roe v. ... Advocates for gay marriage and legal experts think Kennedy's ... “I think he's very aware" of his legacy on gay rights, said Geoffrey ...

U.S. Supreme Court delivers wins for gay marriage movement ...

Justice Anthony Kennedy, 76, appointed to the court by President Ronald Reagan in 1988, was the key vote and wrote the DOMA opinion, the third major gay rights ruling he has authored since 1996. In a separate opinion, ...

Weird Politics on Gay Marriage and Voting Rights | The Progressive

This week's Supreme Court decisions overturning a key section of the Voting Rights Act, and then, a day later, advancing gay rights by overturning California's Prop 8 and declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, ... And it could be that a key factor in the messy civil-rights theory that just emerged from the Court is that Justice Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote in both the DOMA and Voting Rights decisions, has a stronger personal affinity for gay people ...

Gay Voters Finding G.O.P. Newly Receptive to Support

Prominent Republican candidates for President are creating an atmosphere that is subtly but fundamentally more inviting to gay and lesbian voters than party leaders have been in recent memory. Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, Senator John McCain of Arizona and Elizabeth Dole, former president of the American Red Cross -- who combined have the lions - Prominent Republican candidates for President are creating atmosphere that is subtly but fundamentally more inviting to gay and lesbian voters than party leaders have been in recent memory; Gov George W Bush, Sen John McCain and Elizabeth Dole have signaled openness to gay supporters, including willingness to appoint them to positions like ambassadorships in their Administrations; lower-key, more inclusive approach is designed to appeal beyond conservative base of party to independent and Democratic voters; it also reflects continued growing political influence of gay donors and gay voters across party lines (M) - By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

A home run but not a grand slam for gay-marriage advocates: In ...

As many Court watchers had predicted after the oral argument, Justice Anthony Kennedy joined the Court's four more liberal Justices to strike down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law that defined “marriage,” for .... And echoing the states' rights theme woven into his opinion for the Court in Windsor, he scolded the majority for not taking into account how California laws, and in particular the state's system for voter initiatives, work – much less the ...

Will Anthony Kennedy be the swing vote on Gay Marriage?

When the Supreme Court takes up two major cases on marriage equality next spring, all eyes will be on an ever-important swing vote whom gay rights advocates are optimistic about winning: Justice Anthony Kennedy.

The Reagan-appointed justice has pained liberals on many occasions, most recently this summer when he voted to wipe out the Affordable Care Act. But when it comes to gay rights, Kennedy has written passionately in its favor, spearheading the court’s two key rulings for gay equality.

“I expect Justice Kennedy to vote in favor of marriage equality,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, a constitutional law professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law.

“There have been two decisions in American history expanding rights for gays and lesbians: Romer v. Evans and Lawrence v. Texas. Anthony Kennedy wrote the opinion for the Court in both,” Chemerinsky told TPM by email. “He knows where history is going and that he faces the choice between writing the next Plessy v. Ferguson and the next Brown v. Board of Education. He wants to be on the right side of history.”

Lucas Powe, a Supreme Court historian at the University of Texas, Austin School of Law, agreed. “I think Kennedy’s vote is very secure,” he told TPM. “Kennedy has a libertarian streak — he has written the key gay rights opinions and I think he will continue to do so.”

Answer: i see what you did there, "gay" "swing'. hahaha
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Catholics - for Obama - do these supporters make a key difference? 10 points?

from National Cath. Reporter (online article Aug. 14) -- 10 points for best information -- shalom!

The Obama campaign unveiled its "Catholics for Obama" team for 2012 on Monday in an effort to burnish its credentials with a key voting bloc whose leaders have increasingly voiced their opposition to the administration over issues like gay marriage and abortion rights.

The roll-out had been months in the making and long expected, given the importance of the Catholic vote -- nearly one quarter of the electorate, concentrated in battleground states. . . . .



Obamas 21-member team includes a number of Catholics who are well-known to the public but not always welcome to the hierarchy, such as Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the widow of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Last May, a Catholic college in Massachusetts was told by the local bishop to bar Kennedy from delivering a commencement address.

Also on the committee are politicians like Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro of Connecticut, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Gov. Martin OMalley of Maryland, who pushed for that states law legalizing gay marriage.

In addition, there are Catholic scholars and theologians: Sr. Jamie Phelps, director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University in New Orleans; Nicholas Cafardi, a canon and civil lawyer who teaches at the Duquesne Law School in Pittsburgh; Thomas Groome of Boston College, a theologian and popular writer on the church; and Stephen Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at Catholic University of America.

"Whats distinctive about Catholics and politics is our ancient idea of the common good," Schneck said. "We measure that by how the working class and poorest among us are doing. Government, for us Catholics, is obliged to be caring. Its obliged to serve and to help build the country as whole. President Obama gets this at a deep level."

Answer: yes, American catholics and ex-catholics are not exactly a voting "bloc"

Prominent Catholic public officials are typically nowhere near the rabid-anti-Contraception stance of Candidate and Mrs. Rick Santorum

these voices for moderation are finding the "truth" in the middle where accomodation is possible
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Same sex couples' Supreme Court victory - Cal Coast News

The Supreme Court came out in favor of gay marriage by voting to overturn a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act and letting stand a lower court ruling. ... “The principal purpose and the necessary effect of this law are to demean those persons who are in a lawful same-sex marriage,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote in a 5-4 decision on Defense of Marriage Act. “This requires the Court to hold, as it now does, that Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional as a ...

Gay marriage gets big boost in two Supreme Court rulings | Reuters

21 hours ago ... Justice Anthony Kennedy, 76, appointed to the court by Republican ... was the key vote and wrote the DOMA opinion, the third major gay rights ...

Anthony Kennedy's History Of Support For Gay Rights | TPMDC

Dec 14, 2012 ... “I expect Justice Kennedy to vote in favor of marriage equality,” said ... he has written the key gay rights opinions and I think he will continue to ...

The Clinton Principle

CLINTON IS AT MIDCOURSE. WILL THERE BE A MIDCOURSE CORRECTION? A thing must first have a shape for the shape to be correctable. How does one correct a chaos? In last falls election, though Clinton won 49 percent of the vote, according to a Time/CNN poll only 14 percent of those voting said they agreed with his positions -- and one wonders how - Garry Wills article on what Pres Clinton believes in; notes that 49 percent of Americans voted for him, but in Time/CNN poll, only 14 percent of those voting say they agreed with his positions; says Clinton ran his first campaign based on reinventing government, but he seems to have spent more time reinventing Clinton; says truth is that Clinton does not believe in big government, but he does believe strongly that some government is necessary and beneficial; photos (L) - Garry Wills is the author of John Waynes America: The Politics of Celebrity, to be published by Simon & Schuster in March. His last article for the magazine, Reagans Legacy: Its His Party, appeared in August. - By Garry Wills

Why Are There No Conservative Frontrunners in the Race for the GOP Nomination?

McCain initially opposed the Bush tax cut, opposes the gay marriage amendment, offered an immigration bill (co-authored by ted kennedy) that Minutemen leader Chris Simcox called "Treasonous. "Speaking as a private individual, I would not vote for John McCain under any circumstances," said James Dobson, founder of the Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family.

Giuliani is pro-gay rights, supports gun control and is pro-choice.

Mitt Romeny signed into law a state run health care program and was outspoken as a pro-choice candidate until he decided to run for president.

Of the declared candidates these three lead in organization, money and early polling.

Why are there no conservatives among them?

Answer: Don't be fooled. McCain's voting record is the second most conservative in the Senate. Aside from a few visible key social issues that you mentioned he is as conservative as they come. He just isn't the kind of neocon social conservative freak that people like Dobson like.
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Penn Law faculty offer their analyses of key US Supreme Court rulings

But based on the opinions in Windsor, Perry looks like it would have been a 5-4 decision in favor of same-sex marriage, with Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan in the majority. That three of these Justices ... Holder majority opinion invalidating a key portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Chief Justice Roberts stressed that “things have changed dramatically” over the past 50 years, and that “history did not end in 1965.” These words are clearly apt ...

Conservatives: Whats your opinion of these people?

Sandra Day OConnor: Appointed by Ronald Reagan,
Known for being liberal on social issues, but in 2000 she was the deciding vote in Gore v. Bush which made George W. Bush president. She leans liberal but is also known for being the swing vote on the SCOTUS.


Ted Olsen: He was Bushs lawyer in Gore v. Bush (2000)......................Perhaps, another person who was responsible for Bush becoming president...............
but now hes a lawyer defending a gay couple to strike down prop 8 at the federal level (if successful, gay marriage will become legal nationwide).

Anthony Kennedy: With 4 libearls and 4 conservatives on the SCOTUS, he is the swing vote. He tends to lean conservative. But, he has a pro-gay rights record. They say he might be the key to making Ted Olsens lawsuit successful.


Bill Clinton: Youd think hes liberal, but no. He signed DOMA. He signed Dont Ask Dont Tell. He signed the welfare reform act which significantly restricted benefits and put time limits on them. He also cut taxes in 1997.
From the way he talks, it sounds like he wants to repeal all the things he himself signed into law.

Barack Obama: He did the SAME thing BUSH did. He Cut Taxes & Increased Spending. Obama = Bush.
He Appointed a lot of conservatives to his cabinet.
He also appointed Janet Napalatano to his cabinet, which resulted in Arizona inheriting a Republican governor. He also invited a gay-bashing pastor to host his inaugural invocation. and he nominated a Supreme Court Justice who has a pro-life record.
He also directed his cabinet to file a brief in support of DOMA.

Answer: You didn't ask about Bush...I don't like him either.
Category: Politics

Can Gay Marriage Supporters Count on Kennedy? - New Republic

Dec 11, 2012 ... The Supreme Court's decision to hear two landmark gay marriage cases is ... If you assume that Anthony Kennedy is the swing vote (that is, that all four of ... to gay rights that he has consistently applied to strike down laws that ...

To much crying and boo hooing from demicratic leaders and when its there time to shine they do what?

I am stating this on the fact that i am neither democrat or republican. I base my choice on who ever i think will run the country better! I would find no problem what so ever if just one democrat leader would take the lead and not only take the lead, but actually do what they say there going to do. This is why i vote for republican most of the time! No doubt bush has done some things that arent in the best interests of america and its people + the world, but when karey ran against bush i had to vote for bush again i didnt want to but i had to because karey just bashed bush i never seen carey come up with his own ideas only bashed. I would no doubt vote for a democrat if i seen one worth my time and one that i could see doing something. Democrats focus to much (in my mind) on things such as abortion and gay marriage and all that whoop la but when it comes down to the key elements of war, doing whats right for creating jobs and stuff i just dont see that in democrats my question to
to all who support democrat religiously because they hate bush is how do you vote for a party that simply doesnt take any real steps? I would vote for them if only they had one worth while. Who will be running for democratic party in the next presidential term?

Answer: An independent counsel who investigated possible tax violations by former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros charged that the Clinton administration thwarted his efforts to get to the truth.

- U.S. Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) is under criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for possible bribery in exchange for promoting business deals in Africa

- Federal prosecutors alleged in court documents that Ernest Newton, a former state Democrat Connecticut senator worked with a reputed mobster and his associate to try to stop police raids on businesses and advance their business interests

- Clarence Norman Jr., the longtime powerbroker of Brooklyn NY Democrats was found guilty of intentionally soliciting illegal campaign contributions.

- A top aide to Jim Black, the Democratic speaker of the state Legislature of North Carolina, resigned amid reports he had received payments from a company hoping for the lottery contract. The .State Board of Elections is investigating Black's campaign finances. The investigation comes after the group Democracy North Carolina said it found evidence that video-poker operators were funneling money through unsuspecting donors to Black's campaign.

- West Virginia.Logan County Clerk Glen Dale "Hound Dog" Adkins admitted to selling his vote for $500 in the 1996 Democratic Party primary, while Perry French Harvey Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe voters in last year's Democratic contest

- Former Democat Gov. Donald Siegelman of Alabama was charged in a "widespread racketeering conspiracy" that includes accusations he took a bribe from former hospital executive Richard Scrushy for a key state appointment.

- Frank Ballance - a former Democrat Rep. from North Carolina was sentenced to four years in federal prison for conspiring to divert taxpayer money to his law firm and family through a charitable organization he helped start. Ballance, was a state senator before being elected to Congress in 2002, also agreed to repay $61,917 and to forfeit $203,000 in a bank escrow account in the name of the John A. Hyman Memorial Foundation.

- Five Democratic activists in Wisconsin accused of slashing the tires of vans rented by Republicans on Election Day 2004 are currently on trial

- Chuck Chvala, a Former Democrat Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader was sentenced to nine months in jail for felony misconduct in office and illegally funneling campaign contributions. Chvala had reached a plea deal with prosecutors earlier this year, admitting to charges that he directed a state employee to run a political campaign and used an independent expenditure group to funnel campaign contributions to a fellow Democrat.

- Brett Pfeffer, a former legislative director to Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting bribery of a public official and conspiracy.

- Raymond Reggie, a New Orleans political Democratic consultant and fund-raiser who is Senator Kennedy's brother-in-law was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to bank fraud charges.
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