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Same-Sex Marriage: The Fight to Shape “the Next Shoe”

Posted on September 7, 2014, 10:01 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

Judge Feldman tried to draw comfort from the fact that Windsor did not employ the magic phrases “intermediate scrutiny” or “heightened scrutiny.” I would liken that comfort to saying that it’s anybody’s game with two out at the bottom of the ninth inning when the score is 20-0.

Tags: 14th Amendment, 5th Amendment, Adarand Constructs Inc v. Pena, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Baskin v. Bogan, biological parents, Bishop v. Smith, Bolling v. Sharpe, Bostic v. Schaefer, Brown v. Board of Education, careful consideration, Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, coming out, David Blankenhorn, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, due process, Eastern District of Louisiana, empathetic, equal protection, federalism, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, heightened scrutiny, historical background of discrimination, homosexuals, immutable characteristics, Indiana, intact homes, John Roberts, Judge Martin Feldman, Judge Richard Posner, Judge Vaughn Walker, Judicial EMpathy, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Kennedy, Justice Samuel Alito, LGBT, Louisiana, Love b. Beshear, married parents, Martin Feldman, Merritt v. Attorney General, Michael Lamb, Middle District of Louisiana, mini-DOMA, Perry v. Hollingsworth, Perry v. Schwartzenegger, President Barack Obama, President Ronald Reagan, rationality test, Richard Posner, Robicheaux v. Caldwell, Ronald Reagan, same sex marriage, Samuel Alito, Sherlock Holmes, suspect class, Tennessee, The Case Against 8, Thomas Colby, United States v. Windsor, unmarried parents, Vaughn Walker, Wisconsin
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The Good Ship Jurisdiction: Sunk to a Foggy Bottom

Posted on April 29, 2010, 8:00 am, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

How is the Pope like a Peruvian steamship? The State Department stopped both of them from getting sued. You’re right; it’s not funny at all.

Tags: abuse cases, Arkansas, Article III Courts, Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Bill Clinton, child abuse, civil jurisdiction, Clinton v. Jones, conspiracy, Department of State, Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Eastern District of Louisiana, extradition, Foggy Bottom, foreign head of state, France, Galban Lobo Co., head of state immunity, In re Republic of Peru, John Marshall, Joseph Ratzinger, Judge Lee Rosenthal, Justice John Marshall, Lee Rosenthal, mandamus, Manuel Noriega, Marbury v. Madison, Panama, Paula Jones, Peru, Pope; Benedict XVI, President Bill Clinton, President Clinton, presidential immunity, Roman Catholic Church, separation of powers, sovereign immunity, suggestion, tortious conspiracy, U-boats, Ucayali, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, waiver of immunity
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Posts Tagged ‘Eastern District of Louisiana’

Same-Sex Marriage: The Fight to Shape “the Next Shoe”

The Good Ship Jurisdiction: Sunk to a Foggy Bottom

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