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19 Jun, 2007 3:06 pm
with the hammer to the floor": I don't know much about Catholic teaching, but this item from The Onion the official Vatican Information Service
struck me as a little...
24 Aug 3:51 pm
... the plaintiffs' lawyer, announced that the suit will be refiled in federal court. Gilbert is representing Arthur Smelt and Christopher
Hammer, a longtime couple who originally filed a federal suit challenging the constitutionality of DOMA many years ago. That ... an alternative
ground for finding lack of standing was the failure to allege in the complaint with any particularity that Smelt and Hammer had actually been
adversely affected by DOMA.) It might be more difficult for them to assert a claim ...
10 Sep, 2007 3:47 pm
... wars Rock v. Arkansas, 483 U.S. 44 (1987). People v Shirley (1982). Bernard L. Diamond, Inherent Problems in the Use of Pretrial Hypnosis on a Prospective Witness, 68 Cal. L. Rev.
313 (1980). Tyson v. Tyson, 727 P.2d 226 (Wash. 1986) Hammer v. Hammer, 418 N.W. 2d 23 (Wis. Ct. of
App. 1987) Denise M. DeRose, Adult Incest Survivors and the Statute of Limitations: The Delayed Discovery Rule and Long-Term Damages, 25 Santa Clara L. Rev. 191 (1985). Gary M.
Ernsdorff & Elizabeth F. Loftus, Let ...
25 Aug 6:05 am
... . County of Orange, 447 F.3d 673 (9th Cir.2006).] I am doubtful that he has been an ideal choice to represent the plaintiff couple, Arthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer. See, for example, his support for dividing California into two states, with a " ... a case filed
directly in that court. Furthermore, at the very least I think it should be possible for Smelt and Hammer to file a suit that appropriately
alleges some deprivation of rights under federal law attributable to Section 3 ...
29 Apr, 2008 11:09 pm
... might go to great lengths to get that evidence into a trial to convict the person they believe committed the crime. Sometimes the investigator's narrow focus on the need to make an
arrest can lead to sloppy work or worse. When your only tool is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. In short, when police
believe a particular person is the "do-er", the killer, then they tend to see every sign that points to that suspect, sometimes missing other better suspects along the way. Another ...
11 Nov, 2008 5:06 pm
... summer, argued that Prop 8 violates the federal constitution, although news reports were vague about the theory of the case. The same couple, Arthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer, was previously unsuccessful in a federal suit challenging the Defense of Marriage Act and the
prior California marriage initiative. Their attorney, Richard G. Gilbert, told the Orange County Register that the California Supreme Court did not have jurisdiction ...
13 Apr 11:07 am
04/13/09 ADF Press Release: Plaintiffs Arthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer lost their first
14th-amendment challenge to the federal DOMA, Smelt v. County of Orange, when "the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case in 2006." Just a few days after the November election in
California, the Orange County Register reported that attorney Richard G. Gilbert "refiled their lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana." I have not ...
23 Jun 7:08 am
"Gay couple's weapon in lawsuit: Obama's words." Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "When Orange County newlyweds Arthur Smelt and
Christopher Hammer face off against the Obama administration over a law that denies federal benefits
and interstate recognition for their marriage, they will have some potent ammunition: President Obama's own words."
23 Jun 5:31 am
06/23/09 SF Chronicle: Richard Gilbert has been defending spouses Arthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer
in their latest lawsuit challenging the federal DOMA and Proposition 8. At an August 2nd hearing, Gilbert will seek clarification of the DOJ's position in defending the federal DOMA,
because last week President Obama said that the federal DOMA is "discriminatory, it interferes with states' rights, and ...
18 Aug 10:09 am
... "as long as reasonable arguments can be made in support of [its] constitutionality, even if the Department disagrees with a particular statute as a policy matter." To that end, West
called for the case to be dismissed because the couple in question, Arthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer, haven't shown that they have been adversely affected by the federal law. The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that in a possible effort to ...
25 Aug 7:29 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Central District Court of California [official website] dismissed [opinion, PDF] a lawsuit [case materials] challenging the Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA) [text] on judisdictional grounds Tuesday. The suit, filed by Arthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer, two men who were married in California, alleges that DOMA violates the Constitution's Full
31 Aug 5:30 am
Arthur Bruno Smelt and Christopher David Hammer are a couple living in Orange County, California who
have spent a big chunk of this decade trying to be the Mildred and Richard Loving of the same-sex marriage movement. After applying for (and being denied) a California marriage license
back in 2004 or 2005, Smelt and Hammer filed suit in federal court, challenging the constitutionality of the denial of the license, as well as
the constitutional validity of the Defense of Marriage Act ...
19 May 7:50 am
... The Art Market Monitor was in the salesroom that night, and says: "What happened in the room was fairly simple. [Auctioneer Christopher]
Burge was bringing the hammer down [when] a spotter to his right called out a bid just as the hammer
clapped down on the ... prior bid the auctioneer may in his discretion reopen the bidding or declare the goods sold under the bid on which the hammer was falling." And Christie's Conditions of Sale -- which "by bidding at auction the bidder agrees to be bound by" -- ...
15 May 9:05 am
... complaint names Florida-based Transcontinental Warranty Inc. and company President and Chief Executive Christopher D. Cowart. The FTC was
immediately unable to provide contact information for the defendants. Representatives from Transcontinental ... assets, the defendants will be left to litigate on the cheap, finding
that the judges will cut breaks to the FTC and hammer the defendants at every opportunity. As an attorney, and someone concerned with
constitutional rights and government power, I ...
19 Dec, 2007 5:49 pm
... , is guilty of a misdemeanor and faces up to one year in a county jail," said criminal defense attorney Jim Hammer. "But if Aldridge is
actually more than three years older, he could be up for a felony, which ... investigate the case, but the biggest challenge would be to determine [in] what state the act actually took
place," Hammer said. However, criminal defense lawyer Christopher Darden says charges are unlikely.
"The father of the child may have committed a criminal offense or misdemeanor by ...
13 Jan, 2008 10:33 pm
... organs gas is used in five US states. Cyanide interferes with the human cells' ability to carry oxygen. Scientist Christopher Cooper
described the pain as a combination of brain seizure, heart attack and asphyxiation. Prisoners can minimise the pain by ... , concurs and says the mental torture of being on death row
is far more horrific than what awaits them at the end. Hammer killings But Tom Sorell of the Global Ethics Centre in Birmingham says
philosophically speaking, the death penalty can be ...
31 Aug 5:49 am
08/31/09 PrawfsBlawg, by law professor Howard M. Wasserman: Arthur Bruno Smelt and Christopher David Hammer are a couple living in Orange County, California who have spent a big chunk of this decade trying to be the Mildred and Richard Loving of the same-sex
marriage movement ... I am thoroughly confused by a number of decisions that Smelt, Hammer, and their lawyers (I assume there are lawyers; the
district court opinion does not indicate that they are acting pro se) have made. ...
2 Apr, 2008 9:18 am
... Peter at Slashfilm comes a rumor about a Jake Gyllenhaal Spider-Man facing of with a CGI Christopher Reeve. Oh dear Pete, you had me going
until the part ... the CGI Christopher Reeve… That is good stuff. 3. Jake Gyllenhaal is Spider-Man [Joblo] Joblo goes after a rumor that is
plausible, to say the least. Rumors of a Jake Gyllenhaal ... but bookmark this moment - did you really believe that someone named Armie Hammer
was going to play Batman? Ha… Honorable Mention goes to IGN for the Legend of Zelda ...
25 Feb, 2007 8:53 pm
... will end up in a new data-security bill Frank is drafting, said a committee aide who asked not to be named. A spokesman for Christopher
Dodd (D-Conn.), the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, was less certain where that chamber may be headed. Dodd "intends to work ... If you want to stick it to retailers (and
let's be honest, who doesn't), be prepared for the same law to put the hammer down on your head when you deserve it. No one, least of all
retailers, will want to hear you whine about it ...
26 Mar, 2007 8:22 pm
... , only two of the approximately 15 members were present at the afternoon session - and one of them was the chairman, Sen. Christopher Dodd,
D-Conn. Ever been invited to a party only to be stood up by the host? Today's politicians have ... mentions the fact that the regulators (including the FTC as to all non-bank lenders)
already have sweeping powers to hammer lenders who "deceive" borrowers as to the nature of their obligations. Obviously, it's not clear
disclosures that politicians are after, it's ...
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