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Texas same-sex marriage amendment [TX Legislature]

November 8, 2005 10:39:00 PM

Proposition 2 marriage amendment to the Texas Constitution, adopted by the Texas Legislature by Senate approval on May 21, 2005, and approved by Texas voters November 8, 2005. Read the full text of Proposition 2 here. Reported in JURIST's Paper...

California high court clears way for redistricting proposition

August 13, 2005 11:42:00 AM

By a 4-2 margin late Friday the California Supreme Court overruled a lower court decision , and placed controversial Proposition 77 back on the November 8 special election ballot. Proponents of...

States brief ~ CA Supreme Court orders reregulation of power market back on ballot

July 27, 2005 04:32:00 PM

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the California Supreme Court today overturned a lower court and ordered that state voters will be given the opportunity to vote on Proposition 80 during a November 8th special election [California Secretary of State election...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

Douglas Wilder takes office as first elected black governor

On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.