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050 00 $aKF229.H654$bY67 2015
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084 $aLAW013000$aSOC012000$aLAW060000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aYoshino, Kenji,$eauthor.
245 10 $aSpeak now :$bmarriage equality on trial : the story of Hollingsworth v. Perry /$cKenji Yoshino.
250 $aFirst Edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bCrown Publishers,$c[2015]
300 $aviii, 373 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the trial that will stand as the most potent argument for marriage equality. In 2008, California voters passed Proposition 8, rescinding the right of same-sex couples to marry in the state. Advocates for marriage equality were outraged. Still, major gay-rights groups opposed a federal challenge to the law, warning that it would be dangerously premature. A loss could set the movement back for decades. A small group of activists, however, refused to wait. They turned to corporate lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies--best known for arguing opposite sides of Bush v. Gore--who filed a groundbreaking federal suit against the law. A distinguished constitutional law scholar, Kenji Yoshino was also a newly married gay man who at first felt ambivalent about the suit. Nonetheless, he recognized that Chief Judge Vaughn Walker's decision to hold a trial in the case was momentous. Boies and Olson rose to the occasion, deftly deploying arguments that LGBT advocates had honed through years of litigation and debate. Reading the 3,000-page transcript, Yoshino discovered a shining civil rights document--the most rigorous and compelling exploration he had seen of the nature of marriage, the political status of gays and lesbians, the ideal circumstances for raising children, and the inability of direct democracy to protect fundamental rights. After that tense twelve-day trial, Walker issued a resounding and historic ruling: California's exclusion of same-sex couples from civil marriage violated the U.S. Constitution. In June 2013, the United States Supreme Court denied the final appeal in Hollingsworth v. Perry, leaving same-sex couples in California free to marry. Drawing on interviews with lawyers and witnesses on both sides of the case, Yoshino takes us deep inside the trial. He brings the legal arguments to life, not only through his account of the case, but also by sharing his own story of finding love, marrying, and having children. Vivid, compassionate, and beautifully written, Speak Now is both a nuanced and authoritative account of a landmark trial, and a testament to how the clash of proofs in our judicial process can force debates to the ultimate level of clarity"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 10 $aHollingsworth, Dennis,$d1967-$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aPerry, Kristin$xTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 $aSame-sex marriage$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$vCases.
650 0 $aGay couples$xLegal status, laws, etc.$zUnited States$vCases.
610 10 $aUnited States.$tDefense of Marriage Act.
610 10 $aCalifornia.$tProposition 8 (2008)
650 7 $aLAW / Civil Rights.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLAW / Legal History.$2bisacsh
600 17 $aHollingsworth, Dennis,$d1967-$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01914209
600 17 $aPerry, Kristin.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01916143
630 07 $aDefense of Marriage Act (United States)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01387496
630 07 $aProposition 8 (California : 2008)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01916308
650 7 $aGay couples$xLegal status, laws, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00939083
650 7 $aSame-sex marriage$xLaw and legislation.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01104557
650 7 $aTrials.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01156290
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655 7 $aTrials, litigation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423712
852 00 $bglx$hKF229.H654$iY67 2015
852 00 $bbar$hKF229.H654$iY67 2015