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Jessica commented on the post, I Spent 72 Hours On the Sidewalk Outside the Supreme Court and All I Got Was This Moment of History 1 month, 2 weeks ago

You’re a lawyer, right? There’s actually a secret lawyer shortcut into the courtroom, as long as you’ve been barred in any state for three years. (Namely: admission to the Supreme Court Bar). I wanted the full […]
Jessica commented on the post, I Spent 72 Hours On the Sidewalk Outside the Supreme Court and All I Got Was This Moment of History 1 month, 2 weeks ago

I spoke to a reporter from Minnesota Public Radio, because he was really excited to find a former Minnesotan in the crowd, and I’m pretty sure the interview wound up on Morning Edition. At the outset (when many […]
Jessica commented on the post, I Spent 72 Hours On the Sidewalk Outside the Supreme Court and All I Got Was This Moment of History 1 month, 2 weeks ago

On Tuesday night, I got a text message from Jason asking if I wanted to meet him first thing Wednesday morning to do it all again. I did. It helped to stave off the post-SCOTUS depression (though the 6:00 am start […]
Jessica commented on the post, I Spent 72 Hours On the Sidewalk Outside the Supreme Court and All I Got Was This Moment of History 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Monday was by far the worst night. Everything was so wet. GOOD FOR YOU for sticking it out. Did you make it in for DOMA? What stood out for you about the experience?
Jessica wrote a new post, I Spent 72 Hours On the Sidewalk Outside the Supreme Court and All I Got Was This Moment of History 1 month, 3 weeks ago

My parents love me and support me and encourage me to explore all of the adventures life offers. But when I explained that, in a surprising twist, a guaranteed spot in the Supreme Court for oral arguments in the […]
Jessica wrote a new post, What Judicial Dreams May Come: What the Supreme Court Ruling on Prop 8 and DOMA Could Mean 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Two cases. Five issues. Nine Justices. Infinite possibilities.

Okay. Perhaps infinite is a bit of an exaggeration. But with the Supreme Court’s announcement last Friday that it will hear two petitions affecting […]
Jessica wrote a new post, DOMA ShMOMA: How MA Is Changing the Anti-Gay Marriage Game, One Case At a Time 11 months ago

Recently, most of the attention around the fight for marriage equality has been focused on California. The Prop 8 trial placed stunning degrees of ignorance on public display and made for several days of […]
Jessica commented on the post, But What Does It Mean? – The 9th Circuit Court’s Ruling Against Prop 8, Explained 1 year, 3 months ago

Now if only the Supreme Court would sign off on one of these fantastic lower court opinions

I’m especially excited about the fact that Judge White opted for heightened scrutiny. Most judges seem to be […]
Jessica commented on the post, But What Does It Mean? – The 9th Circuit Court’s Ruling Against Prop 8, Explained 1 year, 3 months ago

I absolutely agree that this was an intentionally narrow decision, based upon Judge Reinhardt’s desire to not be reversed. (I can only assume this is a common desire among judges; no one likes a public smack […]
Jessica wrote a new post, But What Does It Mean? – The 9th Circuit Court’s Ruling Against Prop 8, Explained 1 year, 3 months ago

As you have undoubtedly heard by now, on Tuesday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Kristin Perry, Sandra Stier, Paul Katami, and Jeffrey Zarillo, the plaintiffs challenging the […]
Jessica commented on the blog post Prop 8 Update: What’s Happening Today In The California Supreme Court 1 year, 8 months ago

Yeah, as I recall, when the case was first proposed, most of the major advocacy organizations thought it too early. They got on board only when it became apparent the case was happening, so they really had no other choice. As much as it seems like many things are going well for us (which is [...]
Jessica wrote a new blog post: Prop 8 Update: What’s Happening Today In The California Supreme Court 1 year, 8 months ago

Have you, too, been missing your regular doses of our faithful defenders Olson and Boies? Since they made an appearance in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals nine months ago, things have been a little quiet on the Prop 8 front. Sure, we’ve had some peripheral issues under consideration. Just last week, Judge Ware (who replaced Judge [...]
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Jessica wrote a new blog post: NOM Strikes Again: Iowa Voters Throw Out Judges, Reject Their Constitution 2 years, 6 months ago

Leading up to the election, it seemed as if this one might offer something of a reprieve from the flood of never-ending election-induced depression cycles for those of us concerned about LGBT equality. We knew that the House was probably going to turn crimson, and the Senate was looking questionable, but for the first time in [...]
Jessica wrote a new blog post: What The DADT Injunction Really Means: Something, or Nothing, Time Will Tell 2 years, 7 months ago

We’ve now been living in a “don’t ask, don’t tell”-free world for more than 48 hours. Doesn’t the air smell cleaner and the world seem brighter? Breathe deeply and enjoy it. It might not last. Less than three days after Judge Virginia Phillips issued a permanent injunction requiring the military to stop enforcing DADT, the Justice [...]

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