NOTICE: The slip opinions and orders posted on this Web site are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. This preliminary material will be removed from the Web site once … [Read more...]
Live-blogging the marriage amendment oral argument
The Justices have entered. Here we go.John Hanify is going first for Doyle et al.First question from Cowin: why doesn't the LIMITS case control this? Hanify has started his answer, but CJ Marshall has interrupted him … [Read more...]
Health Care Folks: Shame on You!
The health care lobby has tried to pin that on gay people - as if WE'RE to blame for this whole mess. I'll note that when this bill died - months and months ago - it came up for a vote before gay marriage. If it died then, before gay … [Read more...]
Health Care Amendment folks weigh in on gay marriage lawsuit
The folks backing the proposed constitutional amendment on health care have filed an amicus brief in the lawsuit, filed by Mitt Romney and others, to force the anti-marriage amendment onto the ballot.You can read the whole thing here. … [Read more...]
Gay Marriage Suit going to Full SJC
In the interest of keeping everyone informed about what's going on, I pass along this tidbit from State House News:In a decision handed down less than four hours after the hearing, Supreme Judicial Court Judith Cowin forwarded to the full … [Read more...]
Senator Moore: “let the people vote.” Weak.
Senator Richard Moore (D-Uxbridge) has published a "guest commentary" at SHNS (thoughtfully reprinted by Kim for non-subscribers) offering his list of the top ten challenges facing the new administration and legislature.It's pretty funny, … [Read more...]
Accepting Our Responsibilities
This is ultimately a question over who should bear final responsibility for establishing, maintaining, and protecting our rights as citizens of our Commonwealth. I, for one, say ALL OF US. In an act that became the model for the … [Read more...]
Lehigh on the ConCon
Scot Lehigh's column today echoes a lot of the debate that's been raging here over the past few days.For same-sex marriage supporters, the opportunity to kill the amendment now simply proved too tempting -- even though doing so meant … [Read more...]
A Proposal
So, I'm tired of all the infighting. I support both gay marriage and health care as a basic right that belongs in our constitution. I do not support attacking one right at the cost of the other, nor should anyone else. Instead of … [Read more...]
How-de-do update: a concrete proposal …?
There were many excellent responses to my how-de-do post -- thanks to all for their thoughtful contributions. There is (at least) one very practical suggestion in there which actually strikes me as holding some promise. And I'm … [Read more...]
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