At a Democratic fundraiser this week, President Barack Obama caused a stir when he referred to California Attorney General Kamala Harris as “by far the best-looking attorney general in the country.” On Friday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced that Obama had called Harris to apologize for those comments. RELATED: MSNBC’ers Laugh Off ‘One-Day… Read more »
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Today at the Supreme Court: Same-Sex Marriage and California’s Proposition 8
Pete Marovich/ZUMA Press/Newscom This morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, a constitutional challenge to California’s definition of marriage as the union of a man and woman. During the oral argument, both Justices Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito noted that same-sex marriage was a very recent experiment—just over a decade old—and… Read more »
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: California’s remaining Republicans turn focus to House
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: • California: It can’t have been easy to write a piece on the GOP “bench” in California, so credit to Roll Call‘s Kyle Trygstad for managing to do so. (Indeed, I had… Read more »
Obama Adminstration Asks Supreme Court To Overturn California’s Gay Marriage Ban
In a brief filed with the Supreme Court Thursday, the Obama administration asks the court to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage that has been in effect in California since the passage of Proposition 8 in 2008. If the administration’s position is accepted by the court, it could result in gay marriage becoming legal in… Read more »