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(FINAL UPDATE 3:34 p.m.) In the nation’s most closely watched gay rights case, the Ninth Circuit Court divided 2-1 on Tuesday and struck down “Proposition 8,” the ban on same-sex marriage adopted by California voters in November 2008. The panel majority did not uphold a broad right of gay couples to wed, saying it was enough for now to rule that it was unconstitutional to take away a right to marry only for one minority group, when everyone had the right before.
Ban on gay marriage struck down (FINAL UPDATE) : SCOTUSblog
Enlarge Mahmud Hams / AFP/Getty Images Egyptians attend a rally calling for a rapid transition from military to civilian rule following the February ouster of president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Egyptian Groups Plan Mass Anti-Military Protests : NPR
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Another appeals court upholds Obama health-care law | The Lookout - Yahoo! News
Judge Laurence Silberman receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008. AP Photo/Ron … A federal court has held that President Obama's health care law is constitutional (pdf).
An appeals court judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan just wrote an opinion affirming the constitutionality of the federal law overhauling health care.
Conservative Appeals Court Judge Writes Opinion Upholding Health Law : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
'Superstar Conservative' Judge Writes Opinion Upholding Health Care Law : The Two-Way : NPR
"An appeals court judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan just wrote an opinion affirming the constitutionality of the federal law overhauling health care," our colleague Scott Hensley writes over at the Shots blog .Occupy Wall Street
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