The Ongoing Proposition 8 Trial: Three Key Points About the Evidence and Arguments

Vikram David Amar writes at Findlaw: “In this column, I offer some analysis of the federal bench trial on California’s Proposition 8 that is winding down in San Francisco this week. As readers likely know, Proposition 8 is the state’s voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage. The plaintiffs in the case challenge the measure under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment . . . “