Reaction to CA Court's Overturning Gay Marriage Ban
16 May 2008 1:03pm GMT As Big Tent wrote earlier ,the California Supreme Court Thursday overturned a law banning gay marriage (opinion here, pdf). Glenn Greenwald has some terrific analysis on what the decision means and doesn't mean. In a nutshell, from the Washington Post, Marriage is a "basic civil right" guaranteed to all Californians, "whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex couples," Chief Justice Ronald M. George wrote in a 121-page ruling. He repeatedly said the...
MT Prosecutors Support Obama
16 May 2008 7:25am GMT Twelve Montana prosecutors have endorsed Barack Obama: These leaders from across Montana cited Senator Obama’s strong record of supporting law enforcement as well as his commitment to protecting individual rights that are important to the lives of all Montanans. The Mayor of Kalispell, MT endorsed Hillary Clinton yesterday: "Hillary Clinton has been standing up for women and families throughout her long career in public service," Kennedy said. "She is the candidate who best...
Diary Rescue and Open Thread
16 May 2008 5:02am GMT How about a late night open thread? We've also got some new diaries up: Sensible Justice: Why This Election Matters by Scribe Your One-Stop Shop for Downticket Race Info! - Senate Edition by Dalton Hoffine [Note: The Washington Post says the Dems need to pick up 9 seats in November to have a filibuster proof Senate.] Obama's OTHER Forgotten Demographic : Older Voters by Paul Lukasiak (my post on that is here.) And only in Texas, an HIV homeless man gets 35...
Conyers Ready to Kick Rove's As*
16 May 2008 2:14am GMT Do you suppose we'll ever have the pleasure of watching Karl Rove do the perp walk? Via Politico's The Crypt: Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers tell two other people: "We're closing in on Rove. Someone's got to kick his ass." Asked a few minutes later for a more official explanation, Conyers told us that Rove has a week to appear before his committee. If he doesn't, said Conyers, "We'll do what any...
The Dubious Indictment of Lori Drew
16 May 2008 12:56am GMT While the degree of moral fault assignable to Lori Drew as the cause of Megan Meier's death is open to debate, it is unquestionable that Megan's suicide is tragic. That sad reality does not justify stretching federal laws against identity theft and computer-aided fraud in an effort to prosecute as a federal crime (in Los Angeles, no less) Drew's use of a fabricated MySpace account to send mean messages to Megan, her neighbor in O'Fallon, a suburb of St. Louis. With the help of...
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