Tag Archives: David Boies

VIRGINIA: AFER’s Olson & Boies To Join Lawsuit For Marriage Equality

AFER’s Ted Olson and David Boies, the team that brought marriage equality back to California, will today join the July lawsuit that seeks to overturn Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage. The Washington Post reports: The addition of Olson and Boies to a case in Norfolk willprobably bring more attention to the challenges to Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriages. The state’s …

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AFER Team And Plaintiffs Celebrate

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Brian Brown Is Super Angry That David Boies Will Get An Honorary Doctorate From A University That Actually Exists

Unlike Brown’s “honorary doctorate” from the non-existent American Urban University.

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Olson & Boies Speak Outside Court

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Olson & Boies Announce Book Deal

Next year, when all the dust has hopefully settled, Prop 8 attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies will publish a jointly-written book about their battle for marriage equality. “Our collective journey tells of a crucial and historical civil rights movement that brings us closer to the ideals on which our country was founded,” Boies, 71, said in a statement issued …

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David Boies Vs NOM’s Chairman

Last night AFER attorney David Boies tangled with John Eastman, NOM’s recently appointed chairman. Guess who got their ass handed to them?(Via – Good As You)

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VIDEO: Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Hears Final Arguments In Proposition 8

Below is the full hearing from Thursday. The first clip covers the argument against releasing the trial tapes. The second clip covers the argument that Judge Vaughn Walker should have recused himself for being gay. Both clips are highly instructive as to the vitriolic lengths our enemies are willing to go in their campaign of oppression.

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44 Years Later: Loving Vs. Virginia

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AFER Explains Prop 8 Ruling

From this afternoon’s conference call with LGBT media.

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David Boies & Chad Griffin On Hardball

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Tweet Of The Day – AFER

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Olson & Boies May Ask Court To Force Protect Marriage To Pay Their Fees

In the event that Judge Vaughn Walker’s overturn of Prop 8 is upheld by the Ninth Circuit, attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies are prepared to demand that Protect Marriage pay their fees. Via Advocate: In court filings this week, the attorneys requested extended time to consider fees and court costs but have also asked Prop. 8 supporters for an …

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Olson/Boies File Motion Opposing Stay

For those following along, this is separate from the motion opposing a stay filed by Attorney General Jerry Brown on Friday. Protect Marriage has until 9am today (California time) to file their final response.Plaintiffs Opp to Motion to Stay

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OUR HERO: Ted Olson Reacts

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Happy Faces At Prop 8 Closing

Karen Obamb provides this photo of attorney David Boies and Prop 8 plaintiffs Jeff Zarrillo and Paul Katami during a break in today’s closing arguments. Things are apparently going very well. Ocamb notes: “Prop 8 proponent attorney Charles Cooper is up now and there’s considerable laughter in the ceremonial overflow room at some of his arguments.” Follow on Twitter here.

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TOMORROW: Prop 8 Closing Arguments

Tomorrow morning District Court Judge Vaughn Walker hears final arguments in Perry Vs. Schwarzenegger, the long-running trial to overturn Proposition 8. Last week Walker may have tipped his hand when he issued a list of 39 questions he wanted answered by both sides. “If the questions are any indication, the Walker opinion will be a blockbuster, at least in terms …

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Kagan On Same-Sex Marriage

JMG reader Matt points us to this dissection of Elena Kagan’s Solicitor General confirmation hearing. In response to a question from Sen. John Cornyn (at page 28 of her Senate Judiciary Questionnaire), Kagan stated flat out that there was no constitutional right for same sex couples to marry (emphasis mine): 1. As Solicitor General, you would be charged with defending …

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Prop 8 Attorneys Ted Olson & David Boies Speak At The New York Times

Last night Perry Vs. Schwarzenegger lead attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies spoke before about 150 journalists at the New York Times headquarters in Manhattan in an event called “Unlikely Allies.” In attendance among the print journalists were uber-blogger Andy Towle, activists Corey Johnson and Brendan Fay, former Clinton advisor David Mixner, and former GLAAD director Neil Giuliano. Olson and …

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Don Imus Endorses Marriage Equality

Speaking to Perry vs. Schwarzenegger lawyer David Boies by phone, wingnut radio talker Don Imus revealed that he supports marriage equality. THUD. (Via – Queerty)

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David Blankenhorn: Protect Marriage’s Disastrous Final Witness

The haters’ final witness in Perry vs. Schwarzenegger yesterday was David Blankenhorn, the founder and president of the Institute for American Values, which bills itself as “devoted to contributing intellectually to the renewal of marriage and family life and the sources of competence, character, and citizenship in the United States.” By most accounts, Blankenhorn was a disastrous “expert witness” for …

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