Mike Tidmus : Blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
If you’re thinking about making a holiday donation to the American Civil Liberties Union, don’t. The ACLU has come down on the side of the radical religious reich and the phony-baloney preservers of traditional false-witness bearing. This morning we learn the ACLU thinks the Yes on H8 crowd should not have to comply with Chief US District Judge Vaughn Walker’s order to surrender materials...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
... Lawsuits , Marriage , Perry v. Schwarzenegger , prop 8 , protect marriage , protectmarriage.com , Vaughn Walker
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The first big trial of 2010 takes place Jan. 11 in federal court in San Francisco, where opponents of Proposition 8 will attempt to convince U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker that the measure banning same-sex marriage violates the federal constit... CA: San Diego Mayor May Testify Against Prop 8 is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California:...
Legal Pad (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... for the federal challenge to Prop 8, which is currently before Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker. In his ruling, Reinhardt calls the federal Defense Of Marriage Act — which court administrators had cited to deny Levenson benefits — a violation of due process. Same-sex individuals deserve some form of heightened scrutiny, Reinhardt wrote. Early X-Mas gift for the gay-marryin'...
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Obama Endorses Bush Era Warrantless Wiretapping By Tom Burghardt Source: Antifascist Calling... November 7, 2009 Courtesy Of Global Research President Barack Obama instructed Justice Department attorneys to argue last week in San Francisco before Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, that he must toss out the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Shubert v. Bush lawsuit challenging the secret...
Threat Level (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... for immunity in a technical process known as “certification” two months later. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco dismissed the EFF’s case against the telcos after concluding the immunity measure was constitutional. The documents, some of them redacted, also show the Bush administration did not want the immunity law to force it to publicly admit or deny the telcos’...
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Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
New Prop 8 Federal Suit Transcripts Now Online (Ted Olson and David Boies meet the press after a recent court session over their Prop 8 challenge.) The good people at the American Foundation for Equal Rights, who are behind the federal challenge to California's Prop 8 passage last year, have shared with me transcripts from two recent hearings before Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco....
War On You (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Spying on Americans: Obama Endorses Bush Era Warrantless Wiretapping Antifascist Calling… – 2009-11-05 by Tom Burghardt President Barack Obama instructed Justice Department attorneys to argue last week in San Francisco before Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, that he must toss out the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Shubert v. Bush lawsuit challenging the secret...
From The Wilderness (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
11-05-09 President Barack Obama instructed Justice Department attorneys to argue last week in San Francisco before Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, that he must toss out the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Shubert v. Bush lawsuit challenging the secret state’s driftnet surveillance of Americans’ electronic communications. This latest move by the administration...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
President Barack Obama instructed Justice Department attorneys to argue last week in San Francisco before Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, that he must toss out the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Shubert v. Bush lawsuit challenging the secret state's driftnet surveillance of Americans' electronic communications. This latest move by the administration follows a pattern replicated...
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... is doing the same thing . This is one of the many similar cases being heard by Judge Vaughn Walker, a Reagan appointee who has not been very receptive to such arguments in the Jeppesen Dataplan or Al Haramain cases. And in case you were wondering if those new SSP guidelines issued by Eric Holder were actually going to change anything, here's your answer: Read the rest of this post...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... month designed to make such a legal argument more difficult. ... Holder said US District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is handling the case, was given a classified description of why the case must be dismissed so that the court can 'conduct its own independent assessment of our claim.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... month designed to make such a legal argument more difficult. ... Holder said US District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is handling the case, was given a classified description of why the case must be dismissed so that the court can 'conduct its own independent assessment of our claim.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
About Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... they decides whether to hear the case. Define family values: San Francisco District Court Judge Vaughn Walker has asked Prop 8 supporters to explain the legal basis of their argument against gay marriage. In other words, how does gay marriage hurt straight people ... factually? Voters initiatives not enough Creating ghost stories to solicit funds and signatures that restrict rights...
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The Obama administration invoked the controversial “state secrets” privilege again on Friday, arguing that if U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker were to permit a legal case against the government to proceed, he would be putting national security at risk. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement about the case, Shubert et. al v. Obama, that “there is no way for...
