Redeeming the dream : the case for marriage equality / David Boies and Theodore B. Olson.
Boies, David, author.; Olson, Theodore B., author.
2014
KF228.H645 B65 2014 (Mapit)
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Title Redeeming the dream : the case for marriage equality / David Boies and Theodore B. Olson.
Author Boies, David, author.
ISBN 9780670015962 hardcover
0670015962 hardcover
Published New York, New York : Viking, [2014]
Language English
Description 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number KF228.H645 B65 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 346.79401/68
Summary " The riveting inside story of the Supreme Court's landmark rulings on The Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8-by the two lawyers who argued the case On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a pair of landmark decisions, striking down the Defense of Marriage Act and eliminating California's discriminatory Proposition 8, reinstating the freedom to marry for gays and lesbians in California. Redeeming the Dream is the story of how David Boies and Theodore B. Olson-who argued against each other all the way to the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore-joined forces after that titanic battle to forge the unique legal argument that would carry the day. As allies and not foes, they tell the fascinating story of the five-year struggle to win the right for gays to marry, from Proposition 8's adoption by voters in 2008, to its defeat before the highest court in the land in Hollingsworth v. Perry in 2013. Boies and Olson guide readers through the legal framing of the case, making crystal clear the constitutional principles of due process and equal protection in support of marriage equality while explaining, with intricacy, the basic human truths they set out to prove when the duo put state-sanctioned discrimination on trial. Redeeming the Dream offers readers an authoritative, dramatic, and up-close account of the most important civil rights issue-fought and won-since Brown v. Board of Education and Loving v. Virginia"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Includes index.
Added Author Olson, Theodore B., author.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Proposition 8
Why I took the case : Theodore B. Olson
Why I took the case : David Boies
Preparing the challenge
Preliminary skirmishes
Assembling the evidence
The Trial I
The Trial II
David's cross-examination : Theodore B. Olson
Ted's closing : David Boies
Judge Walker's decision
The appeal
The Supreme Court
Days to go
March 26, 2013
Waiting
Love wins.

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