Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by John Galt » Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:51 pm
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Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by exploited » Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:53 pm
Precedent doesn't work like that. There has to be more similarity than a vague question.
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Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by John Galt » Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:54 pm
paging dylan and eynon, paging dylan and eynon
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Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by exploited » Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:54 pm
Is it Consitutional for a town to pass a law banning women from walking the streets, given that women were not allowed to be drafted?
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Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by John Galt » Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:02 pm
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Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by Dylan » Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:12 pm
i mean it has to be in the ballpark. like gender discrimination. if gender discrimination comes up in a new factual context of course other decisions on gender discrimination will be relevant.
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