Two highly unlikely former foes, Ted Olson and David Boies, are teaming up to challenge bans against marriage equality for LBGT families in federal court. They are claiming that state constitutional bans, such as Prop. 8, violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. There was a similar challenge made in the federal courts regarding marriage equality back in 1972, just five years after the Loving v. Virginia decision. Read More ...

Two prominent legal scholars, Erwin Chemerinsky and Ilya Somin, are debating the Sotomayor nomination in the L.A. Times. Chemerinsky is a well-known liberal constitutional law scholar who is currently the dean at UC Irvine's School of Law. Ilya Somin is a conservative constitutional law and property professor at George Mason. Read More ...

The Government Relations Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries has recently complied a list of bill tracking services. The list contains all 50 states. Many of the services enable users to register their email address so that they will be informed about major actions on a bill. This might be a great website to bookmark in your web browser. Read More ...

There are a number of rumors circulating that the California Supreme Court will be issuing its ruling on Prop. 8 tomorrow morning. There are already reports of barricades being placed by SFPD in the Castro District in expectation of large crowds. Coincidentally, tomorrow is the 30th Anniversary of the White Night Riots. The White Night Riots were a response to the lenient sentence given to Dan White for the murders of Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor Moscone. Read More ...

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LexisNexis is allowing free access to Lexis for 2009 graduates who are doing public interest work. This program, LexisNexis ASPIRE, will allow free access to federal and state cases, statutes, regulations, and law reviews. The program has expanded its criteria for eligibility to now include any 2009 graduate who is doing public interest work for a non-profit or charitable organization. Read More ...

The law librarians at Heafey are delighted to announce that they have started a new cell phone reference service. You may ask information, or simple reference questions, by sending a text message to 66746 beginning with the word "bronco". The librarians at Heafey will then answer these questions via a text message that you will receive on your phone. If you are a cell phone aficionado and need a quick answer to a question, this might be a great service for you!! Read More ...

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an excellent article, written by Yale librarian Todd Gilman, on how educators need to understand the difference between being computer-literate and research-literate. The article describes how many assume that young students do not need extensive research assistance due to their pervasive interaction with online media. Read More ...

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The governor of Maine just signed a marriage equality bill giving equal protection to LGBT families in that state. This follows similar action in other New England states. Here is the current status of marriage equality in the country. Read More ...

Rumors are circulating among legal blogs that a ruling with be issued tomorrow by the California Supreme Court regarding the legality of Prop. 8. Check the court's website for more details. When the decision is released, it will be available immediately on the website. Read More ...

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