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posted Friday, December 19, 2008 - Volume 36 Issue 51 |
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Jerry Brown must file Prop 8 brief Friday |
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| Jerry Brown must file Prop 8 brief Friday |
Los Angeles Times
18 Dec 08
EDITORIAL
Pros and cons of Prop. 8
It falls to Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown to present a thoughtful legal argument for, or against, the initiative.
Among the many legal opinions on Proposition 8 that the California Supreme Court will consider, the most high-profile one will come from Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown. By Friday, Brown is supposed to deliver his legal brief on whether the initiative banning same-sex marriage is an amendment to the state Constitution or, as opponents claim, a fundamental revision of it, which would require far more than a simple majority vote to take effect. As California's top lawyer, Brown is bound by his oath to defend the state's laws. But in this case, does that mean defending the will of the voters, or defending the Constitution from the will of the voters? Either way, Brown must deliver a robust and sincere argument that reflects his honest interpretation. In other words, he has to call it as he sees it.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-prop8-18-2008dec18,0,7431926.story
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