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Above the Law: Morning Docket: 04.29.15, and Oral Argument - Audio, Obergefell v. Hodges
Last edited Thu Apr 30, 2015, 09:27 AM - Edit history (1)
Morning Docket: 04.29.15By Staci Zaretsky
* In case you haven’t read the transcripts from yesterday’s same-sex marriage arguments at the Supreme Court and you still want to have some talking points at the water cooler at the office, here are six of the more “provocative” questions that the justices asked. (WSJ Law Blog)
* HBO is filming a TV movie called “Confirmation” about Justice Clarence Thomas’s 1991 nomination hearings. Kerry Washington will play Anita Hill and Wendell Pierce will play our silent justice. No one puts a pube on Olivia Pope’s Coke can and gets away with it! (Hollywood Reporter)
* If you’re not interested in the CliffsNotes version of the same-sex marriage arguments at SCOTUS, you should know the justices were split along their usual ideological lines, and Justice Kennedy seemed even more wishy-washy than normal. (New York Times)
* In case you haven’t read the transcripts from yesterday’s same-sex marriage arguments at the Supreme Court and you still want to have some talking points at the water cooler at the office, here are six of the more “provocative” questions that the justices asked. (WSJ Law Blog)
* HBO is filming a TV movie called “Confirmation” about Justice Clarence Thomas’s 1991 nomination hearings. Kerry Washington will play Anita Hill and Wendell Pierce will play our silent justice. No one puts a pube on Olivia Pope’s Coke can and gets away with it! (Hollywood Reporter)
* If you’re not interested in the CliffsNotes version of the same-sex marriage arguments at SCOTUS, you should know the justices were split along their usual ideological lines, and Justice Kennedy seemed even more wishy-washy than normal. (New York Times)
The DC C-SPAN radio affiliate at 90.1 MHz was playing the audio clips of yesterday's oral arguments during dinner time. Maybe they still are.
I've tried looking at the website for a link to that, but it keeps asking me the dates of the videos I want to view.
The SCOTUS may not be ready for video, but they do have audio: Oral Argument - Audio, Obergefell v. Hodges.
Here's the transcript:
Audio: SCOTUS marriage hearing (part 1; Question 1) and SCOTUS MARRIAGE TRANSCRIPT (Q1)
Audio: SCOTUS marriage hearing (part 2; Question 2) and SCOTUS MARRIAGE TRANSCRIPT (Q2)
Kate Kendell On The SCOTUS Arguments
Quoting National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive Director Kate Kendell, being interviewed on the front steps of SCOTUS on April 28 following oral arguments:
First question: Is it a violation of Constitutional principles to not permit same-sex couples to marry?
Second question: If a couple gets married in a state, a home state, and then they move to another state, is it a violation of Constitutional principles for that new state that they live in to not recognize their marriage?
