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Constitutional Law

Sep. 14, 2011

Olson concession should be key to Prop. 8 litigation

Ted Olson's concession should be key to Proposition 8 litigation. By John C. Eastman at Chapman University School of Law


By John C. Eastman


Last week, the latest round in the litigation challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 - the voter-approved amendment to the California Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman - was held before the state Supreme Court. The case was there because the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals needed to have the Supreme Court answer a couple of questions about state law that affected whether the federal cour...

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