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Nobody, LOL! I honestly haven't run into that factoid before.
Gar, thanks! Any sharing is good sharing! My URL is on the image itself on the left border, so anyone…
I don't think the existence of exceptions to a clear general trend, disproves that the trend exists. Interestingly, Mexicans seem…
Mental Floss "Word Nerd" 2025 Calendar January 9: Ampersand "Yes, an ampersand is a punctuation mark, but in the 1900s,…
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Category Archives: Supreme Court Issues
Supreme Court Rules For Coporations In Hobby Lobby
You can read the ruling in pdf form here, and Ginsburg’s mammoth, strongly-worded dissent here. Sarah Kliff sums up the ruling in three sentences: 1. A federal law called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was written to protect individuals’ religious … Continue reading
Utah Has Legal Same-Sex Marriage (for now)
Well, that was unexpected. From Scotusblog: Directly applying the Supreme Court’s decision striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act to a state’s ban on same-sex marriage, a federal judge in Salt Lake City ruled Friday that Utah’s voter-approved state constitutional … Continue reading
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Section 1311: How The Supreme Court Could Still Trash Obamacare
I think it’s likely that, in the future, “section 1311” be as familiar a phrase to my people ((By “my people,” in this instance, I mean those of us who are addicted to watching the ins and outs of US … Continue reading
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A Qualified Victory In The Supreme Court: DOMA and Prop 8
I spent most of the past two days either in transit or kept busy and away from the internet, which proves to be lousy timing, as I’ve been unable to post about either the SCOTUS’s heartbreaking evisceration of the Voting … Continue reading
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Oral Arguments In Windsor: DOMA May Be Toast
Audio is here, and the transcript is here (in pdf form). From Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog: If the Supreme Court can find its way through a dense procedural thicket, and confront the constitutionality of the federal law that defined marriage … Continue reading
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SCOTUSblog Predicts A Modest Victory For Prop 8 Opponents In The Supreme Court
UPDATE: Towelroad has an audio recording of today’s oral arguments, and also a transcript. Tom Goldstein of the highly respected SCOTUSblog was in the audience for the Supreme Court’s oral arguments today in the Proposition 8 case, and came away … Continue reading
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Olson and Boies’ Supreme Court brief against Prop 8
For discussion, I’m posting the entire introduction to Olson and Boies’ Supreme Court brief, which is excellent. I especially like, and agree with, their point that it is the opponents of marriage equality who are “redefining marriage” with their “cramped … Continue reading
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Excellent article on the “standing” issues in the two same-sex marriage cases
Linda Greenhouse, the amazingly good Supreme Court reporter, has a detailed explanation of what the “standing” issues in the two same-sex marriage cases are. If you’ve been confused on this question, I highly recommend reading her article.
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_Railsea_ by China Mieville has ampersands as part of the story-- both text and symbolism. A genuinely weird surrealist novel.