President Barack Obama today nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to succeed David Souter as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Obama said Sotomayor has more experience as a judge than any current member of the high court had when nominated, adding she has earned the “respect of colleagues on the bench, the admiration of manyContinueContinue reading “Obama Nominates Sotomayor for Supreme Court”
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Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases
UPDATE: Article by the San Francisco Chronicle’s Bob Egelko. California State Attorney General Jerry Brown today filed a brief (PDF) with the state Supreme Court today opining that article 1, section 31 of the California Constitution (Prop. 209) is unconstitutional as applied in certain circumstances. The letter brief was filed in response to the SupremeContinueContinue reading “Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases”
Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases
UPDATE: Article by the San Francisco Chronicle’s Bob Egelko. California State Attorney General Jerry Brown today filed a brief (PDF) with the state Supreme Court today opining that article 1, section 31 of the California Constitution (Prop. 209) is unconstitutional as applied in certain circumstances. The letter brief was filed in response to the SupremeContinueContinue reading “Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases”