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Wysłany: Nie 16:48, 04 Sie 2013 Temat postu: On DOMA, Real-World Arguments Could Sway the Supre |
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and one woman."A good summary of the major legal choices available to the Court in the Proposition 8 and DOMA cases can be found at the venerable SCOTUSblog. So is a listing of the more than 50 friend of the court (amicus) briefs filed in the cases.In major cases like, the justices or their law clerks will often read these briefs from reputable amici -- many of whom can write at length on issues the main parties may be able to argue in just a few pages. The analysis contained in some of these amicus briefs -- about federal programs historically using state law in defining marriage and about the adverse impact that same-sex marriage bans have in the military and in the workplace -- could play an important role in shaping a "moderate," compromise decision in support of gay marriage.One plausible moderate outcome is that a 5-4 Court -- with Justice Anthony Kennedy, of course,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as the swing vote -- would disallow the California gay marriage ban on narrow state-specific grounds, as did the federal appeals
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