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March 27, 2013
USC Expert David Cruz Predicts Prop. 8 Supreme Court Decision is Unlikely to Make History
Updated at the bottom: David Cruz provides new details of his views. First posted Tuesday afternoon. David Cruz, an expert on civil rights and constitutional law, made his way from USC to D.C. to observe the oral arguments on California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage this morning. In a packed ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2013
Proposition 8: Rob Reiner, Gavin Newsom, and Others React To U.S. Supreme Court Hearing
After the U.S. Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments yesterday about the federal Proposition 8 lawsuit, movie director and American Foundation for Equal Rights board member Rob Reiner, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, and others weighed in about the historic proceeding. "This case has always ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2013
Married Gay Men Live Longer, U.S. Supreme Court Should Read Danish Study
So apparently gay married guys live longer than unmarried or divorced men. That's what Danish researchers recently found after going through decades of statistics, and something conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas should consider when ruling i ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2013
Obama Administration Weighs In On California Same-Sex Marriage Battle
The Obama administration today put its weight behind opponents of California's ban on same-sex marriage. The office of Attorney General Eric Holder filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, which could be weighing whether the Golden State's Proposition 8 is constitutional. In a statement ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2012
Proposition 8: U.S. Supreme Court Will Rule on California's Gay Marriage Ban
Update: Reactions quotes after the jump. The U.S. Supreme Court has announced today it will rule on the federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn California's gay marriage ban. In August 2010, Proposition 8 was found unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker. That ruling was appealed and ... More >>
Blogs
August 14, 2012
University of California Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action
Just call us the Bleeding Heart State: Yesterday, leading up to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in Texas that will determine once and for all the constitutionality of considering race in university admissions, California Attorney General Kamala Harris joined the nation's most prestigious public unive ... More >>
News
June 7, 2012
Disruption, Rebellion and Resistance: Activists Call for Action
Just call us the Bleeding Heart State: Yesterday, leading up to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in Texas that will determine once and for all the constitutionality of considering race in university admissions, California Attorney General Kamala Harris joined the nation's most prestigious public unive ... More >>
News
June 7, 2012
Crossing the Line: A Village Voice Media Special Report on Freedom Under Fire
Just call us the Bleeding Heart State: Yesterday, leading up to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in Texas that will determine once and for all the constitutionality of considering race in university admissions, California Attorney General Kamala Harris joined the nation's most prestigious public unive ... More >>
News
June 7, 2012
America's War on Mexicans — Embodied in Arizona's S.B. 1070 — Has Gone Too Far
Just call us the Bleeding Heart State: Yesterday, leading up to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in Texas that will determine once and for all the constitutionality of considering race in university admissions, California Attorney General Kamala Harris joined the nation's most prestigious public unive ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2012
Update: Defense of Marriage Act: Federal Appeals Court Says Anti-Gay Marriage Law is Unconstitutional
Update, 11:25 a.m.: California gay rights activists respond to DOMA ruling, after the jump. The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act has been found unconstitutional by a federal appeals court in Boston, Massachusetts. The U.S. Supreme Court may weigh in on the ruling. "Under current Supreme Court authorit ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2012
Prop. 8 Gay Marriage Ban Backers, Defeated, Seek Full Ninth Circuit Court Do-Over
Updated at the bottom with a copy of the petition for review. First posted at 1:41 p.m. Backers of California's overturned same-sex-marriage ban said today that they'll ask the full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for a review. The move avoids for now taking the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court, bu ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
L.A. Police Union Wants Cops to Be Able to Track Your Every Move via Covert GPS Devices
Be very alarmed: The union that represents Los Angeles police wants to be able to track you. Whenever. Wherever. For whatever reason. Fortunately for you, the U.S. Surpreme Court this week said cops can't attach GPS tracking devices to your car without a judge's okay. (Whew). That hasn't stopped t ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2011
Food News Roundup: Donut Robots, Gingerbread Typewriters What To Do With A Million Coffee Beans
Flickr/jazzylolobaking Christmas cookiesConsumer Reports: Ways to conserve energy in the kitchen during the holidays. BBC News: Does your kid like to watch Hayao Miyazaki movies more than eating actual food? Maybe if you spent 2 hours making your kid's lunch in the shape of Totoro (or Barac ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011
Same Sex Marriage Ban Can be Defended by Religious Nuts, State Supreme Court Rules
CobraUpdated at the bottom with California Attorney General Kamala Harris rooting for LGBT rights. First posted at 11:02 a.m. The battle over the legality of Prop. 8, the state voter initiative that outlawed same-sex marriage, continued on its epic way today as the California Supreme Court r ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2011
California Prisoners Released Under Supreme Court Ruling Could Include Many Nonviolent Drug Offenders, Argues Pro-Marijuana Group
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time, Zack.That U.S. Supreme Court-ordered release of 33,000 California prisoners? Not so bad, says the Drug Policy Forum of California, which argues state lockups have been overcrowded with people who have done nothing more than hold onto natural substa ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
Los Angeles Should Brace For Thousands of Released Prisoners Following Supreme Court Ruling
DaRThe U.S. Supreme Court today ordered California to open the floodgates at its state prisons and unleash 37,000 of its 140,000 or so inmates. You can bet that a good portion of those 37,000 would end up right back here in L.A. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck has said that, if it happens, the relea ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2011
Cops Who Smell Marijuana Coming From Your Pad Might Legally Be Able To Break Down The Door And Arrest You
If you burn it, they will come.We reported recently how police in California can legally read the texts on your cell phone if they arrest you. Now justices on the U.S. Supreme Court his week have argued that it's okay for cops to break into your pad and search it if they smell marijuana wafti ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2010
Prop. 8 Ruling: Thousands Rally In West Hollywood, Long Beach
Steve La Hours after a federal judge struck down the Prop. 8 ban on gay marriage, using strong language to affirm the civil rights of gays and lesbians, demonstrators began celebrating Wednesday evening. The joy and satisfaction were tempered with the knowledge, however, that an appeal is com ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2010
Same-Sex Marriage: Ruling In Prop. 8 Challenge Due Wednesday
A federal court ruling on a much-anticipated challenge to California's ban on same-sex marriage, known as Prop. 8, was scheduled for Wednesday. According to the San Jose Mercury News: Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker will release the ruling without holding a hearing, typical in decidi ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2010
Watch Your Mouse: Threats Made Online Not Protected As Free Speech, L.A. Court Rules
A state appeals court ruled this week that online threats, specifically in comments posted on the web, do not constitute protected free speech. The 2nd District court of appeals downtown ruled that a 15-year-old's case against a schoolmate who posted on the plaintiff's site that he would "rip ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2010
L.A. Police Union Wants Cops To Be Notified When Expected Wave Of Prisoners Comes To Town
The union representing Los Angeles police officers on Thursday asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to ensure that local departments are notified when prisoners from the massive release planned for Monday come their way. "We are very concerned that the released prison inmates will be completely ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2010
L.A. Filmmaker John Ireland to Produce Prop. 8 Trial Re-Enact for YouTube
The U.S. Supreme Court probably never saw this coming.John Ireland ProductionsLos Angeles filmmaker John IrelandFreelance journalist and filmmaker John Ireland, who's based in Los Angeles and regularly examines gay rights issues, will produce a daily re-enactment of the Proposition 8 federal tria ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2010
Prop. 8 Trial: Both Sides of Gay Marriage Lawsuit Endure Rough Day at Court
On the third day of the Proposition 8 federal trial in San Francisco, it was tough going for both sides of the big stakes lawsuit over California's gay marriage ban.For the plaintiffs, who want to overturn Proposition 8, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to indefinitely block a video feed of the tri ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2010
Prop. 8 Trial: Proceedings Being Taped, But You Can't Watch
CobrasnakeThe judge in the U.S. district court challenge of California's anti-same-sex-marriage law said Thursday the trial is being taped, and he denied the same-sex-marriage opponents' request to stop the video recording. Chief Judge Vaughn Walker, however, said the recordings were for his ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2010
Cameras, YouTube Out 'Indefinitely' At Prop. 8 Trial
The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4, with conservatives in the majority, to block you from watching the challenge to California's ban on same sex marriage in a U.S. district court in San Francisco. The judge in the trial had proposed allowing streaming the proceedings via YouTube, but the backe ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2009
US Supreme Court Refuses to Review LA Billboard Case
The U.S. Supreme Court refused today to review an appellate court decision that challenged the city's regulation of hundreds of movie poster-style billboards put up in L.A. without permits. The original federal lawsuit challenging the city's ban was filed in 2004 by Metrolights (now owned b ... More >>
Blogs
November 20, 2009
L.A. Police Union Defies The Governor With A Wink And A Nod
The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union the represents rank-and-file members of the Los Angeles Police Department, on Friday issued a statement calling Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's prisoner-release plan "dangerous and unacceptable." The governor's plan was submitted to a three-ju ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2009
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of White Firefighters
A group of white firefighters dubbed the New Haven 20 were the victims of illegal racial discrimination, according to a Supreme Court ruling today. The white firefighters lost promotions in New Haven, Connecticut after New Haven officials set aside results of a 2003 test after the officials learned ... More >>
News
October 30, 2008
Proposition 6: The Most Implosive
A tiny, unnoticed clause could allow the use of much looser hearsay in trials
News
July 31, 2008
L.A. River Really Floats Their Boats
Lawbreaking kayakers try to change an urban river's sad course
Blogs
June 2, 2008
Laurence Tribe v. City of Los Angeles
It looks like the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office may have its hands full on June 4 when it goes up against leading First Amendment attorney Laurence Tribe in the case Metro Lights v. City of Los Angeles. Tribe, who is nationally recognized as one of the foremost liberal constitutional law sch ... More >>
News
May 26, 2005
Contamination Chamber
It looks like the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office may have its hands full on June 4 when it goes up against leading First Amendment attorney Laurence Tribe in the case Metro Lights v. City of Los Angeles. Tribe, who is nationally recognized as one of the foremost liberal constitutional law sch ... More >>
News
March 17, 2005
Big Spat Ahead
All this gay-marriage talk leads straight to the ballot box
News
October 28, 2004
Taking the Pulse
High court healing is on the ballot next Tuesday
News
July 15, 2004
Bush Rebuke, Part Two
Detainees case moves from L.A. courts to Washington, D.C.
News
July 1, 2004
Bush�s Purgatorio
The list of grievances against our president
News
June 3, 2004
Rugged Coast
The governor fires three Democrats as Coastal Commission braces for rough seas
News
November 20, 2003
Ending the Silence
Finally, 9/11 detainees get their day in court
News
September 25, 2003
Votes of No-Confidence
Cost of election ending up in court
News
June 26, 2003
Freedom of Thought
Supreme Court weighs in on the hazards of medicating defendants
News
March 27, 2003
Full Count
Jackie Goldberg wants voters to decide three-strikes law
News
November 28, 2002
Test Phobias
IQ tests for all San Quentin�s death-row inmates worry attorneys
News
November 14, 2002
A Killer�s Plea
Clarence Ray Jr.�s defense wants California�s highest court to spare his life because he�s mentally retarded
Columns
July 11, 2002
One Nation Over God
Clarence Ray Jr.�s defense wants California�s highest court to spare his life because he�s mentally retarded
News
April 4, 2002
Dealing With Druggies
New platitudes from the people who stopped the vote counting in Florida
Calendar
March 8, 2001
Monsters
New platitudes from the people who stopped the vote counting in Florida
News
January 25, 2001
Rail Against the Thief
A protester�s guide to Inauguration Day
Art+Books
July 15, 1999
The Poor Man's Polygraph
Truster finds the fibbers among friends
News
June 3, 1999
A Vine Thing
The tomato worth eating
News
November 5, 1998
Our selections in Tuesday's General Election (cont.)
The tomato worth eating
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