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Source: The L.A. Times

Gay-marriage opponents filed legal briefs Monday accusing California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown of having "invented an entirely new theory," one that "fails at every level," in his quest to find a reason to invalidate Proposition 8, which passed with 52% of the vote in November.

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

SAN FRANCISCO -- State Attorney General Jerry Brown was "profoundly wrong" and "invented an entirely new theory" when he urged the California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8's same-sex marriage ban because voters can't be allowed to overturn fundamental liberties, attor …

Source: The New York Times

The legal battle over gay marriage in California turned on Monday to whether the state's top court could strike down a change in the state constitution that was approved by voters.

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

State Attorney General Jerry Brown, in a surprise turnabout, asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to overturn Proposition 8, saying the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage violates basic rights guaranteed in the state Constitution.

Source: American.com

...[a]s relative newcomers at the time, we saw California as a place of limitless possibility. But much has changed in recent years.

Source: Think Progress

Ken Starr, the lawyer who crusaded for years against President Clinton and led the impeachment effort, is now signing up to defend Proposition 8, California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban.

Source: Wall Street Journal

Tom Bradley enjoyed the same type of love affair from the media that Barack Obama does today. Both candidates have appeared larger than life and hardly fallible. Indeed, both have compelling stories and project as decent, well-intentioned public servants.

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

(09-17) 07:28 PDT -- Opposition to a California ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage is mounting following Attorney General Jerry Brown's move to change the language on the initiative, according to a Field Poll to be released today.The poll found that just 38 percent of likely …

Source: smirkingchimp.com

Last Monday evening, in the plush environs of Los Angeles' American Jewish University, a dedicated group of pro-peace, Pro-Constitution patriots "booked" Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. No, I don't mean "booked" as in charged her with a crime and jailed her.

Source: The Economist

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER may be less than halfway through his final term as California's governor, but the slow dance to replace him is already under way. One figure looms above all others. Jerry Brown is not, you understand, running a campaign just yet.

Source: Orange County Business Journal

Dr. Prem Reddy's Prime Healthcare Services Inc. is spending more than $50 million to buy Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, a nearly 50-year-old, 224-bed hospital that has lost money in recent years.

Source: RealClearPolitics

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., caused a stir recently when she criticized talk radio for its role in stopping the recent immigration bill. Talk radio, she lectured, "pushes people to . . . extreme views without a lot of information."

Source: CBRonline.com

The identity theft case against former Hewlett-Packard Co chair Patricia Dunn has been thrown out of court, closing a turbulent chapter in HP's history.

Source: MotherJones.com

California's newly elected attorney general, Jerry Brown, will continue a suit filed by former AG Bill Lockyer against U.S. and Japanese automakers for contributing to global warming.

I swear if the Democrats as a party endorsed and ran sincerely on a flat tax program, they would trounce the Republicans.