February 2012
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Read in 2012, Book #10
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
I have a weird fascination with extremist religions, of all colors and creeds. It’s probably a sort of horrible voyeuristic thing, but oh well.
Anyways, the whole point of that statement was to give you an idea of why I was excited to read The Chosen One. I bought it randomly during one of those Borders going-out-of-business sales after reading the...
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Read in 2012, Book #9
The Hollow People by Brian Keaney — Book 1 in The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus trilogy
I have this absolutely ridiculous, probably unhealthy love of dystopian fiction. If it takes place in a nasty-sounding society with lots of crazy government and crazier people in charge of it — I’m so there. If it’s futuristic-y, or science fiction-y, or fantasy-y [ugh, I know, but I had...
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Read in 2012, Book #8
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
One of my best friends read and adored this one, and has been telling me to read it for months now, so I finally did. While it didn’t blow me away, I definitely enjoyed reading it. Having the story told from the point of view of Enzo, a dog with a wonderfully almost-human soul, gave the story an interesting perspective and made for a fun read....
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WatchJustice Sonia Sotomayor is my hero. And she’s on Sesame Street, resolving disputes.
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“A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a...”
– Alan Bennett
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“We need consider only the many ways in which we encounter the word...”
– Judge Reinhardt cites the pop culture greats in Perry v. Brown.
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Newsweek: Prop 8 declared unconstitutional: What... →
ruthoutspoken:
Here’s the breakdown of what you need to know:
Today’s ruling: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 vote that Prop 8 is not constitutional. This affirms Judge Vaughn Walker’s earlier ruling that Prop. 8 violated the U.S. Constitution by denying rights to a…
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“If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.”
– Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
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California's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is... →
nprfreshair:
California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled.
From last year on Fresh Air: Courting Attention: Covering Calif.’s Marriage Trial
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“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the...”
– United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Opinion in Perry v. Brown [Proposition 8 case], Case No. 10-16696. Opinion by Judge Reinhardt.
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“If the use of cells in research is a conversion, then with every cell sample a...”
– Moore v. Regents of the University of California, 793 P.2d 479 (Supreme Court of California, 1990)
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Dickens v. Lawyers →
Ouch.
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“Dickens told a friend afterward that ‘it is better to suffer a great wrong than to have recourse to the much greater wrong of the law.’”
For the defense: Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Federal District Court in Manhattan — Lawyers are scorned because “they think there are two sides to most stories, while many people think there is just one...
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“A jury verdict is just a guess - a well-intentioned guess, generally, but you...”
– William Landay, Defending Jacob
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