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Jerry Brown vows to produce plan for reducing inmate population
GUANGZHOU, China -- Gov. Jerry Brown said Sunday that his administration will come up with a plan for reducing the state prison population by an additional 10,000 inmates, even as it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to block a judicial order demanding such a...
Tags: Government, Prisons, Jim Nielsen, Jerry Brown, China
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GOP rejects gay marriage, asks Supreme Court to uphold Prop. 8
Republican leaders unanimously approved a resolution Friday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8, the measure under court review that forbids same-sex marriage in California. The Republican National Committee “affirms its...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama, Elections, Social Issues
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Gov. Jerry Brown vows fight with judges over prisons
SACRAMENTO — Escalating a dispute with the courts over California's troubled prison system, Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday fired back at federal judges who threatened to hold him in contempt, vowing to "litigate until the Supreme Court tells us that we'...
Tags: Government, Fines, Jerry Brown, Laws, Punishment
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Republicans pledge to change tone, not positions
With an eye on the White House in 2016, Republicans spent this week in Hollywood mapping a path to a resurgence — determining how to streamline the primary process and close their deficit with Democrats among key voter blocs such as single women and...
Tags: Migration, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama, White House, Republican Party
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L.A. Boy Scouts propose admitting gay leaders as well as Scouts
A Boy Scouts of America proposal to admit gay boys as members while continuing to bar homosexual adults as leaders is not a good way to settle a longstanding controversy that has roiled the youth organization in recent months, a Los Angeles Scouts...Tags: Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Los Angeles International Airport, Boy Scouts of America, Social Organizations
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Gay marriage: U.S. Supreme Court arguments on Prop. 8
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Lancaster City Council prayers again ruled constitutional
Since the Lancaster City Council began opening its meetings with a prayer from local religious leaders, people have become more tolerant of unfamiliar beliefs, according to Mayor Rex Parris. The invocations have come from Muslims, Sikhs and Wiccans as...
Tags: Church and State Relations, Government, Belief and Faith, Same-Sex Marriage, American Civil Liberties Union
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Congressman brings common sense to gun control debate
SACRAMENTO — As the national firearms debate reaches a crescendo, a Northern California congressman is proving that you can be both a gun lover and a gun controller. Rep. Mike Thompson of St. Helena, a moderate "blue dog" Democrat who represents...
Tags: University of California, Davis, Harry Reid, Darrell Steinberg, Gun Control, Mike Thompson
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Gay marriage supporters rally in Santa Ana ahead of DOMA hearing
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Gay marriage proponents are riding into Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court discussion about the Defense of Marriage Act on a wave of support from Proposition 8 debates a day earlier....Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Same-Sex Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Harvey Milk, Gays and Lesbians
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Some justices may see DOMA as federal interference, professor says
Some members of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared concerned Wednesday that a federal law barring recognition of same-sex marriages interfered with state rights, a law professor said. Loyola law professor Dougles NeJaime, after reading a transcript of...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Minority Groups, Anthony Kennedy
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Gay marriage gets its day in court and on the Web
This post has been updated, as indicated below.Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court arguments over whether gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry in California became a spectacle both in D.C. and on the Web. In Washington, demonstrators expressed both opposition to and support of same-sex...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Jerry Brown, Brian Schatz, Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Congress
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Gay marriage: U.S. Supreme Court arguments on DOMA
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