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Culhane: Questions facing Prop 8 closing arguments

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:00:35 +0000

The Proposition 8 trial concluded some months ago, but the closing statements and arguments have been delayed until next Wednesday (June 16).

This kind of gap between trial and summation is(...)

Prop 8 lawyer David Boies: ‘SCOTUS won’t give a gay-bashing opinion’

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:39:06 +0000

David Boies walked right into the Green Room where I’d just settled in to wait for him, shook my hand, and sat down. His escort, Equality Forum’s Communications Director Chip Alfred,(...)

Equality Forum Revs up for the Weekend

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Sat, 01 May 2010 12:00:46 +0000

Equality Forum, the international LGBT summit (and pretty good set of parties, too) is going on this week in Philadelphia.

Over the past several nights, there have been national panels on such(...)

Prop 8 trial closing arguments set for June

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:16:01 +0000

From a press release from the American Foundation for Equal Rights

Theodore Olson will deliver closing arguments in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case in June.

Timing for closings was discussed(...)

Evidence skirmish could delay end of Prop 8 trial

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:28:32 +0000

(San Francisco) More legal wrangling in the federal trial over California’s gay marriage ban is threatening to delay the case.

The sponsors of Proposition 8 are seeking access to the internal(...)

Exclusive video: Olson and Boies Q&A on Prop 8

Kameron Zach — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:14:23 +0000

Last Wednesday, the New York Times hosted an intimate question and answer session with the lawyers currently working to overturn Proposition 8 in California, Ted Olson and David Boies. (Our

Prop 8 forum: Olson & Boies speak

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:37:43 +0000

UPDATE: Watch the video of the gay marriage Q&A.

Last night, the New York Times’ gay and lesbian affinity employee group hosted a Q&A session with Prop 8 superlawyers David Boies and Ted(...)

Corvino: Hands Up for Marriage Equality

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:01:47 +0000

President Truman’s quip about wanting a one-handed economist—so that he would cease being told, “On the one hand…on the other hand…”—pretty well sums up my reaction to the news that Ted Olson and David Boies are spearheading a federal lawsuit challenging California’s Prop. 8. Olson and Boies are two of the most prominent constitutional lawyers [...]

LGBT groups urge dropping federal gay marriage case

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:16:15 +0000

(San Francisco, California) A coalition of gay rights groups says a federal same-sex marriage lawsuit brought by two high-profile litigators is premature.

The American Civil Liberties Union,(...)

Lowenstein: Old legal foes join forces to fight Proposition 8

Jenna Lowenstein — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:15:51 +0000

While the conservative make-up of most federal courts after 8 years of Bush appointments means this case doesn't seem particularly likely to prevail, Olson and Boies' partnership is living proof that we all really can just get along.