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blueclown

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21. The government has the opportunity to present its case as a friend of the court

Reply to 66 dmhlt (Reply #20)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 11:01 AM

Mar 2013

in the oral arguments, which is different from most other parties.

See Fisher v. University of Texas as an example of a case where the federal government is neither the petitioner nor the respondent, but had the opportunity in oral argument to state their case.

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Obama administration to express support for gay marriage before Supreme Court [View all] kpete Feb 2013 OP

That will be an amicus I will enjoy reading. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #1

Not just a brief, as I'm sure SG Verilli will be involved in the oral arguments. blueclown Feb 2013 #3

Why would he be involved in oral arguments? 66 dmhlt Mar 2013 #20

The government has the opportunity to present its case as a friend of the court blueclown Mar 2013 #21

Thank you sir. iandhr Feb 2013 #2

Wow.. have we come a long way! Cha Feb 2013 #4

Thanks kpete Feb 2013 #6

Yeah, Cha Feb 2013 #10

Can you imagine the number of posts/recs this would receive if the news were different? What's.... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2013 #5

Of course.. that's the only Cha Feb 2013 #11

They scream about what he hasn't done, or that he "needs to lead" (puke)..... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #14

They're too busy hurling abuse to notice what is being Cha Mar 2013 #15

I take comfort in the fact that history will be extremely generous to this president. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #16

I read obama2terms Feb 2013 #7

I take it that this will be different from the DOJ's Brief from 3 years ago, where it defamed GLBT blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #8

...and it is done OKNancy Feb 2013 #9

Thanks OKNancy! Cha Feb 2013 #12

Thank you Mr. President. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author bitchkitty Mar 2013 #17

Whew! Jamastiene Mar 2013 #18

But, but, but ... blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #19