California’s Prop 8 Ruling Gives Sotomayor an Easier Path

U.S. News & World Report:  "There was some speculation that President Obama expedited the announcement of his first Supreme Court nominee to pre-empt the California Supreme Court's decision today on Proposition 8, the Golden State's voter-approved gay marriage ban. If the California court had struck down the ban, the theory goes, Obama would have unveiled his nominee in a hailstorm of conservative outrage over activist judges overruling voters with liberal social policy."  Read Article >>

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