Links tagged with “gaymarriage”
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Getting Nearer and Nearer by David Cole | The New York Review of Books
Just for the bit about how the courts’ “job is to enforce the law, even if, and especially when, public opinion is against it. … Democracy is not particularly good at protecting the rights of minorities. … [Courts] will sometimes make decisions that result in short-term backlash.”
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The Gay Path Through the Courts by David Cole | The New York Review of Books
Subscribers only unfortunately. But I liked this for its descriptions of how the Supreme Court rules on things, and how cases that are ostensibly about a particular crime are used to force a decision on constitutional issues. Also about how the Court tries (ideally) to follow, rather than lead, society.
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Gay marriage: the database engineering perspective @ Things Of Interest
Fun and interesting. (via Haddock)
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Myliblog: Uncle Bobby’s Wedding
Imagine if every complaint about anything received a reply this thoughtful. (via Kottke)