Month: March 2009

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Orange Works to Balance Budget

March 6, 2009 0

The City of Orange has posted documents for the first 2009-2010 budget study session (Tuesday after the city council meeting.)  This is the current proposal […]

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So The Supremes Heard…

March 5, 2009 2

And now, they must decide. Is Prop H8 a valid constitutional amendment? Is it an improper attempt to revise the constitution? Are the 18,000 marriages […]

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Bloggers Behaving Badly

March 5, 2009 2

I spent some time reading the local blogs and checking in with my Facebook friends and am noting some interesting comments in posts. Let’s start […]

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Photos from Eve of Justice

March 5, 2009 0

In case you couldn’t make it last night, here’s a glimpse of what happened at Fairview Community Church in Costa Mesa: Find more photos like […]

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Prop 8: What’s Really at Stake for the California Supreme Court

March 4, 2009 2

The primary legal issue at tomorrow’s hearing before the California Supreme Court on the same sex marriage Prop 8 case is the narrow and extremely arcane question whether Prop 8 is an amendment to the state constitution or a revision of the state constitution. But appellate cases – and especially high profile and controversial appellate cases — are rarely decided on such narrow and arcane questions of law, even though lawyers and judges must pretend that they are. What’s really at stake in the Prop 8 case – and what will probably be the real deciding factor in the California Supreme Court’s decision – is the power and prestige of the California Supreme Court itself.