Comments on: April 27 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-27-roundup-2/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 04 May 2011 11:31:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: antiredistributionist https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-27-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-119181 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:17:14 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22725#comment-119181 robert – You are being clever but not serious.

]]> By: Bumper https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-27-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-119125 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:37:38 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22725#comment-119125 Not that I disagree with his findings, but for the sake of argument, can you imagine the reception he would have gotten within the community had he found the other way or even had he recused himself. He was in a no-win situation no matter what he did, so he certainly did the right thing by staying the course.

]]> By: robert https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-27-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-119112 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:10:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22725#comment-119112 Judge Walker didn’t belong to the class of people affected by Proposition 8. He, as far as I know, never attempted to marry, nor did he marry someone of the same or opposite sex. He had nothing to gain or lose by his decision.

In fact, the primary argument from the Yes on 8 people was that it weakens heterosexual marriage. So, by that argument, a heterosexual married person would have to recuse himself, because he wouldn’t want his marriage to be weakened.

Full Disclosure: I am among the 12,000 people legally married to a person of the same sex in California.

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