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Jun. 4, 2009

Moreno's Courageous Move

Hopefully soon-to-be Justice Sotomayor will stand as courageously for the rule of law as did Carlos Moreno - her nomination competitor, writes David Coleman.

FORUM COLUMN

By David Coleman

Imagine that you are a state court justice in California on the short list for a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the nation. When a call comes from the White House inviting you for a visit to discuss the appointment, you have on your desk an opinion you have written in a pending case. That case, Strauss v. Horton, concerns the constitutionality of the Proposition 8 - the initiative that purported to overt...

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