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Saturday, June 5, 2021

“Why the battle for gay marriage was won so easily; No one had to give anything up to allow same-sex marriage equality”: Sasha Issenberg has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court begins its sprint to finish — and a decision by one justice might be the most important”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 7:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Gun Rights Win in California With Sights Set on the Supreme Court; A federal judge overturned California’s assault weapons ban; State officials vowed to win on appeal, but gun advocates are emboldened by a shifting Supreme Court”: Shawn Hubler and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.

Timothy Bella and Rachel Siegel of The Washington Post report that “California’s assault weapons ban overturned as federal judge compares AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife.”

Alex Wigglesworth of The Los Angeles Times reports that “After judge overturns California assault weapons ban, state officials vow to fight back.”

Lauren Hernández of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Federal judge overturns California’s decades-old ban on assault weapons.”

And Vincent Moleski of The Sacramento Bee has an article headlined “As gun owners celebrate, officials say they’ll fight to keep California assault weapon ban.”

Yesterday’s decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California consists of an opinion and judgment.

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hugo Black’s Law Clerks Fought to Protect His ‘Little Piece of Eden’; Their goal was to protect Black’s home from renovation plans submitted by the current owner and approved by Alexandria’s City Council”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 1:24 PM by Howard Bashman