From the excellent tallies prepared by SK-Jim, here is the list of legislators who did everything wrong yesterday: voted YES on the anti-marriage amendment, and voted NO on discharging the health care amendment from committee, thereby both … [Read more...]
They should vote, and vote no.
I've stayed out of the whole anti-marriage-amendment "process" brouhaha, because my feelings were deeply conflicted: I strongly support marriage equality, but I also support the Health Care Amendment. I also believe in the rule of law. So … [Read more...]
SJC rules on marriage case: a vote is constitutionally required, but there’s no way to force it
NOTICE: The slip opinions and orders posted on this Web site are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports.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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Why “we shouldn’t put constitutional rights to a popular vote” doesn’t work
Consider, for example, the process for amending the U.S. Constitution, which of course involves no popular vote -- Article V requires the concurrence of 2/3 of each branch of Congress and 3/4 of the state legislatures. If the … [Read more...]
Help Us Communicate With 4 Million Voters
Tomorrow the Mass Ballot Freedom Campaign has to give Secretary of the Commonwealth Galvin an argument of 150 words or less in favor of the Ballot Freedom Initiative. This argument will be published in the statewide voter guide and mailed … [Read more...]