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Teaching with Historic Places has posted on the web the following lesson plans that help tell the personal and political stories of some of our presidents. These lessons, based on sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places, are free and ready for immediate classroom use by students in history and social studies classes.
• The Battle of Horseshoe Bend: Collision of Cultures (54)
Consider the complex political and cultural differences that existed between European Americans and American Indians during the early 19th century, and learn how the campaign against the Creeks increased Andrew Jackson's popularity among American citizens, which helped him win the presidency. (National Park)
• Birthplace of John F. Kennedy: Home of the Boy Who Would Be President (33)
Visit JFK's birthplace and consider the effects of culture and community in shaping character and personality.(National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• Choices and Commitments: The Soldiers at Gettysburg (44)
Trace the course of this Civil War battle and consider the wrenching personal choices that were made by soldiers on each side, and evaluate Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and its impact in regard to the occasion it was written to commemorate. (National Park)
• "The Greatest Dam in the World": Building Hoover Dam (140)
Learn how many Americans came to see Hoover Dam, planned and begun under Republican administrations, as an example of President Roosevelt's New Deal in action. (National Historic Landmark)
• Growing into Public Service: William Howard Taft's Boyhood Home (15)
Visit the home of the only man to serve the country both as president and chief justice, and meet the rest of his public service-oriented family. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• Harry Truman and Independence, Missouri: "This is Where I Belong" (103)
Learn why the life of the 33rd U.S. President serves as an example of civic duty and explore the town that helped form his character. (National Park/Includes Harry S Truman Historic District, a National Historic Landmark)
• Herbert Hoover: Iowa Farm Boy and World Humanitarian (34)
Consider the impact of Hoover's boyhood years on his desire to help starving children as the administrator of the Belgian Relief Commission during World War I. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• Lafayette Park: First Amendment Rights on the President's Doorstep (139)
Learn how a group of determined women selected Lafayette Park, across from the White House, to demonstrate for their right to vote, providing a First Amendment model for many others. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Documenting the Uncharted Northwest (108)
Learn how Thomas Jefferson's vision of western expansion resulted in the 1804-1806 expedition which effectively opened the Northwest to the influence of the United States, established relations with numerous American Indian nations, and gathered useful scientific documentation. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: Forging Greatness during Lincoln's Youth (126)
Meet the people and learn of events that influenced the development of Abraham Lincoln's character and personality as a youth on the Indiana frontier. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: Where Man and Memory Intersect (144)
Discover the power of place in honoring President Lincoln's origins and consider how the nation uses memorial structures and landscapes to express respect for its heroes and to celebrate anniversaries. (National Park)
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site: A Place of Growth and Memory (127)
Learn how Abraham Lincoln's belief in freedom and democracy, his eloquence, and the support of family and community propelled him to the White House and uplifted him through the turbulent Civil War. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• Memories of Montpelier: Home of James and Dolley Madison (46)
Visit the Madisons' plantation home and their world of social prominence, and explore some contemporary views of slavery. (National Historic Landmark)
• Martin Van Buren's "Return to the Soil" (39)
Follow Van Buren's life and political career from his youth in Kinderhook, New York, to his retirement years at Lindenwald. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• President Lincoln's Cottage: A Retreat (138)
Explore President Abraham Lincoln's life at a country retreat during summer months and examine the work he completed there on the Emancipation Proclamation. (National Historic Landmark)
• "The Honor of Your Company is Requested": Lincoln's Second Inaugural Ball at the Patent Office (143)
Attend President Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural ball and explore how American citizens celebrate their leaders taking office. (National Historic Landmark)
• Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site: Birthplace of the Modern Presidency (77)Examine the circumstances under which Theodore Roosevelt first became President of the United States and how his policies and actions modernized the presidency. (National Park)
• "Making the Desert Bloom": The Rio Grande Project (141)
Use this classroom-ready lesson plan to discover how the Bureau of Reclamation transformed the arid valley of the Rio Grande by constructing Elephant Butte Dam and the Rio Grande irrigation project and to examine some of the problems encountered along the way.
• The Octagon of Washington, D.C.: The House that Helped Build a Capital (151)
Enter The Octagon of Washington, DC, to discover how a historic brick house offered grandeur and stability to the new capital of the United States in the early 19th century.
• Springwood: Birthplace and Home to Franklin D. Roosevelt (82)
Understand how Springwood was the keystone in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's public as well as private life by playing host to some very dramatic events in American history. (National Park)
• Thaw in the Cold War: Eisenhower and Khrushchev at Gettysburg (29)
Delve into a superpower meeting and see how President Eisenhower's diplomacy temporarily eased Cold War tensions. (National Park/National Historic Landmark)
• Thomas Jefferson's Plan for the University of Virginia: Lessons from the Lawn (92)
Learn about the multifaceted intellect of Thomas Jefferson and how he fused his abilities as an architect, educational and political theorist, and politician to create a revolutionary new setting for higher education in the new American republic. (National Historic Landmark/UNESCO World Heritage Site)
• Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Dent Grant at White Haven Farm: The Missouri Compromise in American Life (154)
Discover the personal experiences of Americans in a nation divided politically on the issue of slavery through the early life of Ulysses S. Grant, who lived on a Missouri farm with his wife Julia Dent Grant and her slave-holding family in the 1850s. (National Park)
• The Washington Monument: Tribute in Stone (62)
Understand why George Washington was so revered during his lifetime and beyond, and learn why it took 100 years to complete this famous monument in his honor. (National Park)
• Woodrow Wilson: Prophet of Peace (14)
Examine Wilson's struggle to achieve lasting world peace following World War I. (National Historic Landmark)
To learn more about TwHP's other lessons, visit the Lesson Plan Descriptions page.


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Leading Media Executive Bo Jones to join MacNeil/Lehrer Productions as President and CEO
(October 27, 2011 – Arlington, VA) MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, producer of the PBS NEWSHOUR, is pleased to announce the appointment of long-time Washington Post executive, Boisfeuillet (Bo) Jones Jr., as new President & CEO. He will join MacNeil/Lehrer Productions at the first of the year.
"It is a happy day for us in public broadcasting," said Robert MacNeil. "We welcome a man of such rich experience in journalism management to help us keep MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and the NEWSHOUR vital into the future."
Mr. Jones has served 32 years with The Washington Post as Vice President & Counsel, President & General Manager, then Publisher & CEO from 2000 to 2008. At present he is Vice Chairman of the Washington Post Company and Chairman of The Washington Post newspaper.
As President of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, Jones will head corporate and foundation funding for the NEWSHOUR, coordinate relationships with all public television broadcast and distribution entities, as well as develop documentary programs and projects.
"Like millions of others, I am a huge fan of the NEWSHOUR," said Mr. Jones. "I heartily look forward to helping MacNeil/Lehrer Productions sustain and expand its excellent and very special programming."
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (MLP), a partnership of Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil, with Liberty Media Corporation, is best known as the producer of the PBS NEWSHOUR, the nation's most respected evening news program.
MacNeil and Lehrer came together when they anchored public television's non-stop coverage of the Senate Watergate Hearings in 1973. That programming won their first Emmy and gave them an identity as a news team that continued with the nightly MacNeil-Lehrer Report and the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, America's first hour-long national news program. MacNeil/Lehrer Productions was founded in 1981.
Jim Lehrer said: "Bo Jones is the ideal person to take us where we must go. He has a unique combination of journalistic integrity and business acumen, plus he understands Americans' increasing demand for serious journalism about the issues and events that matter."
A native of Atlanta, Bo Jones is a graduate of Harvard College, where he was President of the Harvard Crimson newspaper. Later on a Rhodes Scholarship, he graduated from Oxford University, then from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He was an attorney with Hill and Barlow in Boston from 1975 to 1980, and was law clerk for the Honorable Levin H. Campbell, a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, from 1974-1975.
Mr. Jones is a trustee of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region and a former director of the Associated Press and the Newspaper Association of America.
Linda Winslow, the PBS NEWSHOUR's Executive Producer, said: "Bo Jones' background and experience make him the ideal choice to be the new head of MLP. With his help the company, and by extension the PBS NEWSHOUR, will continue as an iconic news organization."
Today's announcement is the latest in a series of changes designed to keep MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and the PBS NEWSHOUR competitive in an evolving multi-media landscape. That process began in December 2009 with the successful transition from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer to the PBS NEWSHOUR. That move created a multi-anchor team that features Lehrer plus Senior Correspondents Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff, Jeffrey Brown, Ray Suarez and Margaret Warner and involved the complete integration of the NEWSHOUR's on-air and online operations. In December 2011, Jim Lehrer will leave the anchor position, but will continue to oversee the program as Executive Editor.
In addition to the PBS NEWSHOUR, MLP has produced several documentaries and features. Recent examples include: Debating our Destiny, a critically acclaimed two-part series during which Jim Lehrer interviews former presidential and vice-presidential candidates about their debate triumphs and failures; Generation Next, Judy Woodruff's travels across the country to explore the unique perspectives of Americans ages 16 – 25; the award-winning Do You Speak American?, Robert MacNeil's cross country trek to discover why Americans speak the way we do; and a series of documentaries exploring the role of the modern first lady which includes: The First Lady: Public Expectations, Private Lives; Betty Ford: The Real Deal; LadyBird and Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime. MLP is also the leading force behind By the People, a civic engagement project.
As MLP President, Mr. Jones will succeed Simon Marks, who has decided to return to reporting and production. Mr. Marks helped lead the NEWSHOUR through important changes, merging the television program with a greatly enhanced online presence.
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions produces the PBS NEWSHOUR, which airs weeknights on more than 315 local PBS stations, as well as other programs for public, commercial and cable television.
PBS NEWSHOUR is seen by over 5 million weekly viewers and is also available online, via public radio in select markets and via podcast. The program is produced in association with WETA Washington, DC, and WNET.org in New York. Major corporate funding for the PBS NEWSHOUR is provided by Chevron and Intel, with additional support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.
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An Irishman and his family died in a house fire in Ocean County, New Jersey on Saturday, February 27.
Michael Glynn, 48, his wife Heather, 42, and their six-year-old daughter, Tara, all perished in a fire that may have been caused by an improper disposal of cigarettes, according to Ocean County authorities.
Glynn, a union dockworker, was born in Clonroad, Ennis, Co. Clare and moved to the U.S. about 15 years ago.
The Glynn family moved to their home on Pine Hill Road in 2006.
A neighbor, Theresa Meehan, who lives across the street from the Glynn home, said the family moved from Bayonne in Hudson County to Toms River in Ocean County in search of a peaceful neighborhood in which to raise their daughter.
"She was very cute, she was very outgoing and bubbly and she is definitely missed here," said Meehan, whose grandchildren played with Tara.
"They were very close, they adored their daughter," said Meehan, adding that Tara had been named after the historic Hill of Tara site in Ireland.
"They were friendly people," said Meehan.
A little after 6:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, a newspaper courier noticed smoke coming from the Glynn home. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they discovered Glynn's body near the front door of the split-level house, Heather's body on the floor in the second-floor bathroom and Tara's lifeless body under a bed. All three were declared dead at the scene.
Their bodies were taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River.
Autopsies performed on the bodies on Sunday reveled that all three members of the Glynn family died of smoke inhalation. The fire was ruled an accident.
"I will confirm that the investigation revealed the fire and subsequent fatalities were accidental," said Michael Mohel, deputy chief of detectives with the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.
Investigators continue to search through the rubble of the home but have ruled out the possibility of arson or utility issues such as a gas leak or electrical short. It is believed that a cigarette that was incorrectly put out may have been the cause of the deadly fire.
It appears the fire first began in a plastic trashcan in the first floor den of the house. Both Glynns smoked.
The Glynn home had no working smoke detectors on the second floor.
Ocean County prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford said that "Heather Glynn and her daughter, Tara, had no early warning about the fire because the upstairs smoke detectors had been removed."
Assistant Chief Fire Inspector James Mercready said the fire was most likely burning for up to four hours before the newspaper courier noticed the fire coming from the home and notified a neighbor who in turn called 911.
Glynn, nicknamed "Whooper" back in Ireland, was well known and loved in Clare. For many years he played hurling with his local club, Eire Og. Glynn played in two county finals for his club in 1982 and 1983.
"I was very shocked to hear of the news," Ennis councilor and family friend Pat Daly said on Monday.
"Whooper was a great character and fine hurler too," he added.
Glynn is survived by his brothers John and Paul, and his sisters Mary, Edel and Ruth. He was the youngest of the six.


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The BMW X6, a midsize vehicle, was released by BMW in 2008. A concept mockup of the automobile was introduced in 2007 at the Frankfurt auto show before its official release at the North American International Auto Show in 2008.
The BMW X6 succeeds the BMW X5; a midsize SUV, which is often described as an SAV or "sport activity vehicle". The BMW X6 is considered an upgrade from the X5 and is subsequently dubbed an SAV.
The BMW X6 is built like a typical SUV: in addition to a sportier look, it has a high ground clearance, all-wheel drive, and off-road capabilities. The style of the vehicle is the same as a coupe, with shaped lights, fancy body molding, and a sloping roof.
The BMW X6 provides petrol or diesel engine model options. Both engines are twin-turbocharged.
The BMW X6 also utilizes BMW's Dynamic Performance Control (DPC) system. The DPC is part of the drive train and chassis, utilizing xDrive AWD to prevent over- or under-steering issues while driving. The torque that the BMW engine creates is distributed evenly between the front and back wheels and the two sides of the vehicle. This increases the stability of the vehicle during turns and acceleration.
The xDrive system, which BMW introduced with the X6 model, has a rear wheel bias, giving the car better control in slick conditions or during fast turns. The system sends extra power to the wheel that has the best purchase on the driving surface and adjusts the power to the other wheels accordingly.
The 2012 BMW X6 is marketed as the first "Sports Activity Coupe." The X6 is available as the ActiveHybrid X6, the X6 xDrive35i, and the X6 xDrive 50i.
Utilizing the xDrive intelligent all-wheel drive, the Active Hybrid X6 gets 19 mpg, and has a 400 hp, TwinPower Turbo V-8 engine. The engine utilizes an electric motor that increases performance while driving. The brakes capture expended energy, sending it to the engine for further performance enhancement. BMW claims this lowers fuel consumption by 20 percent, while still accelerating from zero to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds.
The X6 xDrive35i model gets 23 mpg and has 300 horsepower produced by a 3.0-liter, six-cylinder engine. The engine utilizes a two-mode active transmission that combines electric motor action with the transmission power. The electric and motor energy are distributed by specialized gears, creating transmission variability not commonly associated with a hybrid model. The engine also uses brake energy regeneration to lower fuel consumption.
The X6 xDrive50i is a more powerful version of the xDrive 35i. It gets 20 mpg, boasts 400 horsepower, and has a 4.4-liter, 32-valve V-8 that utilizes BMW's TwinPower Turbo technology. The engine has a STEPTRONIC gear system, with paddles attached to the wheel for greater response while driving. The shifting system has three different modes: the sport mode has high shift points to make it responsive during high-speed situations; drive is used in normal situations; manual allows the driver to control gear shifting manually.
The X6M is a luxury version of the X6. It has greatly increased power over the other X6 models. It can run 17 mpg, and it has a 4.4-liter, 32-valve V-8 with the M TwinPower Turbo engine. The engine produces 555 hp. The M model includes xDrive technology, a two-mode active transmission, and the other features included in the lower X6 models. The engine has a BMW-designed exhaust manifold that helps increase power and the pull of the engine.
BMW introduced the X6 in 2008, and it introduced the X6 M in 2009 with the upgraded Cylinder-Bank Comprehensive Manifold (CCM). The ActiveHybrid X6, the first SUV style vehicle from the BMW line to include a two-mode hybrid system, was introduced in 2009 as well.
Diesel models of the BMW X6 were announced in 2008. These diesel-powered vehicles include the xDrive30d and xDrive35d. They are powered by 3.0 turbodiesel engines. The vehicles sell best in European countries, where Diesel engines are more standard. The diesel line was introduced to all 50 states of the U.S. in late 2008.
SUV, Utility/Offroad
Not every SUV buyer is out for a mammoth vehicle with only its size and towing capacity going for it.
The unloved X6 ActiveHybrid model exits stage left this year, no longer joining the rest of the X6 range in the U.S. market. In addition, BMW is finally offering the X6 with the option of a middle-passenger seat in the back row--the first time since the vehicles' introduction as a late-2008 model.
For 2011 the BMW X6 gets the redesigned turbo I-6 with BMW's Valvetronic technology, which delivers faster throttle response, even faster turbo boost spooling, and better fuel efficiency. BMW's new eight speed transmission with is available in both X6 models as well as BMW's Brake Energy Regeneration system, which over time can save on fuel consumption.
The 2009 BMW X6 is BMW's all-wheel-drive (AWD), midsize SUV that is part of the carmaker's 6 Series line of vehicles.
BMW sets out to introduce a sporty crossover vehicle with the 2008 BMW X6.


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Moccasins are a style of leather footwear that has been made and used by Native peoples for centuries. Beaded moccasins were worn for ceremonies or special occasions. The styles and decorations changed over time and many were made for sale to tourists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This pair of moccasins from the 1880s is made of leather and decorated with glass beads and velvet. The beads form a leafy foliage pattern on the toe.
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Surprise, surprise, Aros is talking about the paranormal. Well, I was thinking recently that I can't be the only paranormalnerd out there in NET Land. I love watching the better paranormal/ghost shows on TV (some are just cheesy, campy foolishness) so I thought I would list a few shows I enjoy and was wondering if anyone else watches these shows and if so, if you had comments or shows you like as well.
My Ghost Story: Caught On Camera (Bio)
A show that features real photo and video footage with the stories from the people involved. Some segments are mundane and nothing worthwhile, but a surprising majority of segments offers compelling visual and audio evidence of what can only be described as paranormal. Some people may find it hard to believe but I am a vicious skeptic (but believer as well) always looking to debunk obvious hoaxes first. Once I move beyond hoax theory, I look to see what would be a plausible explanation. This show has a silly amount of footage that defies logical explanation. Love it.
Aros Rating: 4-out-of 5 stars
Paranormal State (A&E)
On first glance, this looks like a campy offering of a young group of paranormal investigators looking for evidence of ghost activity. I've watched a few seasons because I was taken in by the seriousness of their leader and the stories are compelling. What gets me the most is the seriousness of the witnesses. Watching them as they tell their story, it's obvious these people not only believe in what they are saying but are changed by the experiences. A surprisingly good show. Unfortunately, the main leader and focus of the show, Ryan Buell, has been diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer. The show has been placed on hiatus indefinitely.
Aros Rating: 4-out-of 5 stars
Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (A&E)
Probably my favorite paranormal show of them all. The show is all about young kids who have the ability to see spirits but have become outcasts and/or are suffering badly because of their ability. The heartache and sadness these kids feel is palpable. This isn't fake. The show centers around psychic medium Chip Coffey who is hyper-focused on helping these kids adjust to their abilities. It's a heartfelt show with yet more compelling back stories that point to the true paranormal. Chip works with a licensed therapist to help the children deal with their emotions and abilities. They bring kids from around the country with the same abilities to help them realize they are not alone and true bonds and friendships occur. It's surprisingly good televison with the heart in the right place.
Aros Rating: 5-out-of 5 stars
Dead Files (Travel Channel)
This is a creepy-ass show. Love it. The psychic medium Amy Allan is this gothic, trippy chick that appears to be highly sensitive to spirits. She is empathic...She seems to hear, see and feel what the spirits are showing her. Half the fun is watching her twitches and eccentric displays as she describes what she is seeing, hearing and feeling. Her partner is a former NYPD detective (no joke) who researches the story/house/haunting in question, completely separate from Amy. At the end of the show they get together and compare their findings with the people who are centered around the haunting. She even provides sketches of the main spirit she claims is haunting them which always ends up as a confirmation of the people's experiences and the detective's findings. One of the more creepy shows that is addicting.
Aros Rating: 4-out-of 5 stars
These are my top 4. There's a lot of sensationalistic, campy crap out there you have to sift through to find these jewels. So what say ye? Anyone have other shows they like or comments in general?


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On Saturday afternoon, a gorgeous looking Russian seventeen-year-old called Maria Sharapova won the Wimbledon Ladies Singles title, and the media have been in raptures ever since. Personally I was enraptured ever since she won her quarter final against a Japanese lady. But when Sharapova beat Serena Williams in the final, the world really noticed.
When Sharapova plays, she looks like a Bond girl. When she has won, she immediately becomes a giggly American schoolgirl. She is, from the female gorgeousness point of view, the biggest thing in tennis since the now somewhat ageing Anna Kournikova. Plus, she can really play. (Kournikova never won Wimbledon, or anything else big that I recall. Not that I ever cared.)
So, I was not surprised when our very busy-with-other-things but still very caring and concerned editorial supremo asked me last night to dash off a posting about the lovely Maria, so that we could have a picture of her up here.
However, underneath all the drooling from the likes of me and Perry, there is a more serious story here, which is why it took me a bit longer to write this than I promised last night. Yes, Sharapova is gorgeousness personified, and long may it last. But there is more going on than this. I can imagine some Americans regretting that their champion, Serena Williams, got beaten by a Russian. Yet, for all that she is Russian, Maria Sharapova is also as American as Apple Pie. She and her entire family came to America. On the back of betting the farm on young Maria's talent as a tennis player, her family chose America, and what could be more American than that?
Born in Siberia, the one-time pauper took home over $2.5 million in Wimbledon prize money – but that will be only the beginning of an earnings career that looks likely to make her the wealthiest Russian tennis player in history.
…her father, Yuri Sharapov, who travelled to Florida 10 years ago after leaving Chernobyl with life savings of $1200 in his pocket, will shield his striking daughter from many of the offers, but there is no shortage of suitors.
Sharapova was spotted as a 6-year-old during an exhibition match in Moscow by Martina Navratilova, who took her under her wing, a relationship that earned her a spot in Nick Bollettieri's prestigious Tennis Academy in Florida at the age of nine.
I had already decided that I was going to tie this story to the similar tale of Martina Navratilova, because Navratilova has a lot in common with Sharapova. Navratilova also went west to find freedom, on the back of her extraordinary tennis talent. A picture of Navratilova is not what Perry de Havilland had in mind when he asked for this posting, yet I feel that it is entirely appropriate. Navratilova found the exact same thing in America that Sharapova has found: freedom. The freedom to develop her amazing talents, and the freedom to be herself.
Now, I agree that when confronted by Martina Navratilova, the Samizdata droolometer behaves very differently to when it is confronted by the likes of Sharapova, especially when you factor in Navratilova's sexual preferences, but underneath all the joking, the story is very similar.
"I was so stubborn, so independent, that I was more American than Czech, even as a little kid," she reflects in her autobiography, written in 1985 with New York Times sportswriter George Vecsey. "I didn't feel I belonged anywhere until I came to America for the first time when I was 16. I'm not a mystic about many things – I tend to be pretty pragmatic about life – but I honestly believe I was born to be American."
I bet Sharapova would say just the exact same thing. Believe it or not, Martina Navratilova actually played again, this year, at Wimbledon, at the age of 47 (but this time really for the last time), eventually losing in the women's doubles semi-finals.
After Sharapova had won her title, the BBC's commentators all started clucking anxiously to the effect that, although in itself very sweet and all that, this story might be setting others a bad example. What if dozens of other families bring dozens of other wonder-kids to America, but then the wonder-kids do not win Wimbledon, and what if they are all then disappointed? Don't risk everything and come to America. What if you fail? What if you don't live out the American dream? It was all so desperately British. (British national motto: Better safe than American.)
But I cannot for the life of me see that any sort of bad example is being set by Sharapova and her redoubtable clan. The worst that could have happened to them was that they would have become rather poor and disappointed Americans, and the same applies to any others who follow their example and arrive in America with their super-tots but do not do so well as the Sharapova family did. Being a poor and disappointed American is nothing like the worst thing that can happen to you in this world, no matter what the BBC may say.
In the unlikely event that no one has yet done a cartoon of the Statue of Liberty waving a tennis racket, this omission should be corrected at once.


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Apostolic Letter given Motu Proprio:
On first tonsure, minor orders, and the subdiaconate
Certain ministries were established by the Church even
in the most ancient times for the purpose of suitably
giving worship to God and for offering service to the
people of God according to their needs. By these
ministries, the offices to be carried out in the liturgy
and the practice of charity, deemed suitable to varying
circumstances, were entrusted to the faithful. The
conferring of these functions often took place by a
special rite, in which, after God's blessing had been
implored, a Christian was established in a special class
or rank for the fulfillment of some ecclesiastical
Some of these functions, which were more closely
connected with the liturgical celebration, slowly came to
be considered as a training in preparation for the
reception of sacred orders. As a result, the offices of
porter, reader, exorcist, and acolyte were called minor
orders in the Latin Church in relation to the
subdiaconate, diaconate, and priesthood, which were
called major orders. Generally, though not every where,
these minor orders were reserved to those who received
them as steps toward the priesthood.
Nevertheless, since the minor orders have not always
been the same and many functions connected with them, as
at present, have also been exercised by the laity, it
seems fitting to reexamine this practice and to adapt it
to contemporary needs. What is obsolete in these offices
will thus be removed and what is useful retained; also
anything new that is needed will be introduced and at the
same time the requirements for candidates for holy orders
will be established.
While Vatican Council II was in preparation, many
bishops of the Church requested that the minor orders and
subdiaconate be revised. Although the Council did not
decree anything concerning this for the Latin Church, it
stated certain principles for resolving the issue. There
is no doubt that the norms laid down by the Council
regarding the general and orderly reform of the liturgy
[1] also include those areas that concern ministries in
the liturgical assembly, so that the very arrangement of
the celebration itself makes the Church stand out as
being formed in a structure of different orders and
ministries. [2] Thus Vatican Council II decreed that "in
liturgical celebrations each one, minister or layperson,
who has an office to perform, should do all of, but only,
those parts which pertain to that office by the nature of
the rite and the principles of liturgy." [3]
With this assertion is closely connected what was
written a little earlier in the same Constitution: "The
Church earnestly desires that all the faithful be led to
that full, conscious, and active participation in
liturgical celebrations called for by the very nature of
the liturgy. Such participation by the Christian people
as 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a
purchased people' (I Pt 2:9; see 2:4-5) is their right
and duty by reason of their baptism. In the reform and
promotion of the liturgy, this full and active
participation by all the people is the aim to be
considered before all else. For it is the primary and
indispensable source from which the faithful are to
derive the true Christian spirit and therefore pastors
must zealously strive in all their pastoral work to
achieve such participation by means of the necessary
instruction." [4]
Among the particular offices to be preserved and
adapted to contemporary needs are those that are in a
special way more closely connected with the ministries of
the word and of the altar and that in the Latin Church
are called the offices of reader and acolyte
and the subdiaconate. It is fitting to preserve and adapt
these in such a way, that from this time on there will be
two offices: that of reader and that of acolyte, which
will include the functions of the subdiaconate.
In addition to the offices universal in the Latin
Church, the conferences of bishops may request others of
the Apostolic See, if they judge the establishment of
such offices in their region to be necessary or very
useful because of special reasons. To these belong, for
example, the ministries of porter, exorcist, catechist,
[5] as well as others to be conferred on those who are
dedicated to works of charity, where this ministry had
not been assigned to deacons.
It is in accordance with the reality itself and with
the contemporary outlook that the above-mentioned
ministries should no longer be called minor orders; their
conferral will not be called ordination, but
institution. Only those who have received the
diaconate, however, will be clerics in the true sense and
will be so regarded. This arrangement will bring out more
clearly the distinction between clergy and laity, between
what is proper and reserved to the clergy and what can be
entrusted to the laity. This will also bring out more
clearly that mutuality by which "the universal priesthood
of believers and the ministerial or hierarchic
priesthood, though they differ from one another in
essence and not only in degree, are nonetheless
interrelated: each of these in its own special way is a
sharing in the one priesthood of Christ." [6]
After weighing every aspect of the question, seeking
the opinion of experts, consulting with the conferences
of bishops and taking their views into account, and after
taking counsel with our esteemed brothers who are members
of the congregations competent in this matter, by our
apostolic authority we enact the following norms,
amending-if and in so far as is necessary-provisions of
the Codex Iuris Canonici now in force, and we
promulgate them through this Motu Proprio.
Aware of the office he has undertaken, the reader
is to make every effort and employ suitable means to
acquire that increasingly warm and living love [7]
and knowledge of Scripture that will make him a more
perfect disciple of the Lord.
As one set aside in a special way for the service
of the altar, the acolyte should learn all matters
concerning public divine worship and strive to grasp
their inner spiritual meaning: in that way he will
be able each day to offer himself entirely to God,
be an example to all by his gravity and reverence in
church, and have a sincere love for the Mystical
Body of Christ, the people of God, especially for
the weak and the sick.
The effective date of these norms is 1 January 1973.
We command as established and confirmed whatever this
Motu Proprio has decreed, all things to the contrary
Given in Rome, at Saint Peter's, on 15 August 1972,
the Solemnity of the Assumption, the tenth year of our
1. See Sacrosanctum Concilium art.
62; see also art. 21
2. See GIRM no. 58
3. Sacrosanctum Concilium art. 28
4. Sacrosanctum Concilium art. 14
5. See AG no. 15: AAS 58 (1966) 965;
ConsDecrDecl 574; see also AG no. 17 [DOL 17 no. 249]
6. Lumen Gentium no. 10
7. See Sacrosanctum Concilium art.
24; Dei Verbum no. 25
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Patent Trolling Carnegie Mellon Wins What Could Be Largest Patent Verdict Ever: $1.2 Billion
from the universities-as-patent-trolls deptThe Apple/Samsung patent battle has been getting lots of attention, but a new verdict has eclipsed the record $1.05 billion that a jury awarded in that case -- and this time its to Carnegie Mellon University, after a jury has ruled that Marvell Technology Group should have to pay $1.17 billion for infringing a single claim in each of two patents. Specifically, the company was found guilty of infringing on claim 4 of US Patent 6,201,839 which reads:
A method of determining branch metric values for branches of a trellis for a Viterbi-like detector, comprising:And claim 2 of US Patent 6,438,180 (which is a continuation patent of the '839 patent), which reads:
selecting a branch metric function for each of the branches at a certain time index from a set of signal-dependent branch metric functions; and applying each of said selected functions to a plurality of signal samples to determine the metric value corresponding to the branch for which the applied branch metric function was selected, wherein each sample corresponds to a different sampling time instant.
The method of claim 1, wherein the branch metric function is selected from a set of signal-dependent branch metric functions.And, for that, the jury says that they need to pay $1.17 billion -- which the judge now has the option of tripling, as the jury also found that the infringement was willful. Of course, at this stage, the ruling is somewhat meaningless, because it will be appealed, and we'll have to wait for that whole process to play out. However, if the verdict does stand, it will be the largest ever patent award. Other verdicts have come in higher, but have all later been reduced (sometimes significantly). Furthermore, Marvell argued during the trial that a different patent held by Seagate, US Patent 6,282,251 was not only filed and granted way before the Marvell patents, but that it covers everything in both of those patents.
Now, as is the case in so many patent fights, many people assume that the defendant "copied" the patent, or that this was about a business deal gone wrong. However, as came out during the trial, CMU has never licensed this patent to anyone. It just sat on it and sued. As Joe Mullin covers in his coverage of the rulings, this is yet another case highlighting how many universities are acting just like patent trolls these days, trying to justify their failed "tech transfer" investments into patents by playing the game exactly like patent trolls. Furthermore, CMU's lawyers completely played up the entirely bogus story line that Marvell somehow "stole" these ideas from CMU -- even prompting objections and the judge stepping in to warn the lawyers to stop with the bogus claims:
Marvell lawyers said CMU's closing statement was "rife with misrepresentations," including suggestions that Marvell "broke the chain of innovation by not paying the royalties that they now owe," and noting those payments would be used "to fund further research, to lead to further innovation." That resulted in a short conference at the side bar, in which the judge warned "you can't dig deep into all of CMU's contributions to society and mankind."This is the sad legacy of the Bayh-Dole Act, which made it much easier for universities to get patents on their research. Rather than increasing their ability to do the fundamental research that is needed to help develop new technologies, universities have, instead, been trying to hoard patents to use to sue companies who actually innovate, usually with no knowledge of the patents held by the universities. Rulings like this one will not encourage greater spread of knowledge, information and research, but will only serve to incentivize universities to continue to act more and more like trolls, in hopes of a giant payday. That such crazy lawsuits may destroy companies who are actually out there innovating is, apparently, not much of a concern.
CMU's attorney also started to compare Marvell's alleged patent infringement to identity theft. "The invention in this case is like your electronic identity, your credit card numbers, your Social Security number," said CMU lawyer Douglas Greenswag. "It's that which [sic] are very personal and valuable to you. You devote years to building up your reputation, your credit rating, your standing. One day Marvell sneaks in—"
At that point he was cut off by an objection and was not able to complete the analogy.
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I hope you had a wonderful time ringing in the new year! For New Year's Eve I made three simple projects that can easily be adapted for other celebrations. Glittered Banner: For the banner I printed text onto sturdy paper and cut out. Bold, sans-serif fonts work best for this, the font used here is called Market Deco. When cutting out the letters, be sure to leave small tabs at the top for hanging. I gave each letter a base coat of silver paint, brushed with white glue and applied glitter. When dry I folded the tab over embroidery floss and glued in place. For additional projects, please click to keep reading.
Fringed Noisemakers: This is just a simple alteration of store-bought noisemakers which can be easily disassembled and recovered with the paper of your choice using spray adhesive. I added a homemade tissue paper fringe to the ends. To make fringe, cut strips of tissue paper about 3 inches wide (cut several layers at once to make things easier). Layer about 25 strips on top of each other and stitch down the center (by machine). Make a series of snips perpendicular to the stitch along both sides of the tissue paper strip. Your snips should be 1 cm or so apart. When done cutting, glue around the opening of the noisemaker and gently fluff the tissue paper layers.
Silver Leaf Tray: To corral confetti, clocks, champagne glasses and noisemakers I used a bargain metal tray, redone with a silver leaf finish. See my full tutorial for silver leafing at the Project Wedding blog!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy New Year
I hope you had a wonderful time ringing in the new year! For New Year's Eve I made three simple projects that can easily be adapted for other celebrations. Glittered Banner: For the banner I printed text onto sturdy paper and cut out. Bold, sans-serif fonts work best for this, the font used here is called Market Deco. When cutting out the letters, be sure to leave small tabs at the top for hanging. I gave each letter a base coat of silver paint, brushed with white glue and applied glitter. When dry I folded the tab over embroidery floss and glued in place. For additional projects, please click to keep reading.
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34 comments:
- Katie Bright said...
what beautiful projects! i especially love the banner, so chic and timeless. xoxo.
- January 1, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- TMCPhoto said...
I like the banner, perfect for birthdays too
- January 1, 2011 at 3:48 PM
- Tricia - A Rosy Note said...
I always love your projects. I noticed that the mirror in your photo is blurred. Do you do something to it before you take your photos? :)
- January 1, 2011 at 7:13 PM
- S.L.North said...
now I want to celebrate new years eve all over again ;)
- January 1, 2011 at 7:36 PM
- Karena said...
You are so creative!! I adore your site!!
Happy New Years!
Art by Karena
- January 1, 2011 at 10:15 PM
- Stacy's Designs 88 said...
Gorgeous as ever...the Perfect way to ring in the New Year. Happy New Year Liv! Aloha from Hawaii, Stacy
- January 2, 2011 at 3:38 AM
- Almalu's Place said...
such lovely projects!and the banner can be used for so many different occasions!
- January 2, 2011 at 3:39 AM
- Sarah Knight said...
Looks lovely : )
(I slept... tis the life of working midnights)
Have a Happy New Year!
- January 2, 2011 at 4:01 AM
- stephrudolph said...
This post is great - it makes me want to rewind a day & a half ago too.
- January 2, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- Colleen said...
That banner is so lovely! Thanks for sharing instructions!!
- January 2, 2011 at 3:30 PM
- Livy said...
Hi Tricia!
About the mirror - yes I did do something to it to make it have a frosty blurred look. You can't see it in the photos but up close it has a crystallized pattern much like you see on a galvanized bucket. I used the tutorial found here at this blog:
So easy and pretty!
- January 2, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Happy new year, you inspiring darling! These projects are absolutely wonderful. x
- January 3, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- Punctuation Mark said...
happy new year! here's to a year full of all your creative designs!
- January 3, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- Emom said...
Lovely image....smiles.
- January 3, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- courtney. said...
what a simple and cute project, it looks great!
- January 5, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- Mich said...
What a creative and sweet way to ring in 2011.
- January 5, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- ApachesPrincess said...
I love this! I was just curious, what size font did you use? I tried doing something similar only I used my Cricuit, but they seemed small to me! Thanks for the inspiration!
- January 5, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- Livy said...
Hello ApachesPrincess -
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"There is a sucker born every minute" was supposedly the credo of P.T. Barnum, the flamboyant 1800s showman (though most mainstream reference sources say he never said it).
Gullibility seems to have no expiration date, and 200 years post-Barnum one can only shake one's head at the myriad of ways people in this supposedly enlightened age are separated from their money.
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Gay Marriage and the Supreme Court – How Will it Decide the Issue?
In my last blog, I discussed the question of whether the Supreme Court is more likely to grant certiorari to the various DOMA petitions that raise same sex marriage issues in relation to the distribution of federal benefits or to grant review to the Prop. 8 case that raises the substantive question of whether gay marriage is protected under the Constitution. The Court will meet in conference to review the gay rights petitions on November 20, and the electoral victories for gay marriage laws in Maine and Maryland will only elevate the prominence of the issue for the justices (Liptak 2012). Assuming the Supreme Court does grant cert to California's Prop. 8 case, a more compelling question, at least from my perspective, is how the Supreme Court might rule on the substantive issue of gay marriage. In a couple of articles, Denniston suggests that the Court may end up simply deciding the case on the same narrow grounds as the Ninth Circuit Court did, namely that a state cannot take away a Constitutional right of homosexuals to marry once the Supreme Court had already recognized that right under the state Constitution (Denniston 2012a, Denniston 2012b). Although this outcome may indeed occur, judicial scholars and court watchers would be far more interested in trying to predict how the Supreme Court Justices would resolve the substantive question at hand: Do same sex couples have a Constitutional right to marry?
The attitudinal model of judicial behavior provides a method for answering this question. Over the past fifty years, the attitudinal model has dominated judicial scholarship in the United States as the leading explanation for how justices vote in specific cases. Indeed this model of judicial decision-making has gained such prominence, that in one of my articles I suggest that it has generated a "cottage industry of work assessing the validity of the attitudinal model across a wide range of … courts" (Wetstein and Ostberg 2005). Advocates of this theory, like Jeffrey Segal and Harold Spaeth (1993, 2002), argue that justices come to the Supreme Court with certain attitudes and values about various political, social, and economic issues. These attitudes and values, in turn, necessarily influence how they vote in specific cases across a wide spectrum of issues. These attitudes and values that the justice bring to the Court play the most important role in explaining judicial decision-making. Scholars, like Segal and Spaeth argue the values of a Supreme Court justice have a more pivotal role in determining how they vote than precedents, small group interaction, or whether they adhere to a philosophy of judicial activism or self-restraint. What this boils down to is that conservative justices vote conservatively and liberal justices vote liberally across a broad range of issues.
You might be saying to yourself — well of course this is true, but scholars are always looking for evidence to back up the theories they advocate. The Court's ruling in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), provides one of the best examples of attitudinal decision-making on the modern high Court, where the five most conservative justices ruled in favor of the Bush position on the recount of votes in Florida while the four most liberal justices sided with Gore's position. Although they believe that attitudes play a role at all judicial levels, as Segal (2006) points out "it should be at its highest at the U.S. Supreme Court level." Attitudinal arguments hold considerable weight in the realm of political science because these scholars have managed to show across hundreds of empirical studies the veracity of this claim.
If we apply this approach to the Prop. 8 issue, we find that the current Court is equally split 4 to 4 down liberal and conservative lines, with Justices Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas found at the conservative end of the liberal-conservative spectrum, and Justice Breyer, Ginsberg, Sotomayor, and Kagan anchoring the liberal end. Ironically, the justice who is found in the middle on many Constitutional issues that wind their way to the Roberts Court is Justice Kennedy, who taught at Pacific McGeorge for over thirty years. For example, in the first term of the Roberts Court, Justice Kennedy joined the majority in 24 cases decided by a 5-4 margin, the most of any justice (SCOTUSblog). As in many other Constitutional cases, judicial scholars and lawyers alike believe he holds the pivotal vote in the gay marriage debate. Indeed, his vote is considered so important, that Theodore Olson and David Boies, who started the Prop. 8 lawsuit, carefully constructed their arguments in the case with Justice Kennedy in mind in the event this case actually reached the Supreme Court (Socarides 2012).
To understand how Justice Kennedy might decide the Prop. 8 issue one might turn to the stances he has taken in his prior rulings in the gay rights area for some evidence, especially those at the Supreme Court level. In 1980, when Justice Kennedy was on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, he joined the majority in upholding a policy that allowed the military to discharge homosexuals because of the additional security demands that must be maintained and enforced in the military context, but he acknowledged that in other situations such a policy might not be warranted (Beller v. Middendorf, 632 F.2d. 1388 (1980, 9th Cir.)). His stance on gay rights became more evident once he joined the Supreme Court, and is most readily found in his precedent setting ruling in Lawrence v. Texas (156 L. Ed. 2d. 508 (2003)). In that case, the Court struck down a Texas law criminalizing homosexual sodomy between consenting adults as a violation of their liberty interest under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. Justice Kennedy, writing for the majority claimed, "Liberty presumes an autonomy of self that includes freedom of thought, belief, expression, and certain intimate conduct. The instant case involves liberty of the person both in its spatial and more transcendent dimensions" (Lawrence v. Texas, 156 L. Ed. 2d 508, at 562). This ruling overturned Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986), an earlier Rehnquist Court ruling which upheld a similar Georgia statute, and also underscored Justice Kennedy's personal liberty and human dignity jurisprudence.
Justice Kennedy also demonstrated the ideals of personal and political liberty in his earlier majority opinion in Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996), where the Court struck down a voter adopted amendment to the Colorado Constitution that prevented state and local government from creating ordinances and statutes that barred homosexual discrimination. According to Justice Kennedy, this amendment must be struck down because it identified, isolated, and treated one group of citizens differently from all other citizens, and thus violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. At one point he stated, "Homosexuals, by state decree, are put in a solitary class with respect to transactions and relations in both the private and governmental spheres. The amendment withdraws from homosexuals, but not others, specific legal protections from the injuries caused by discrimination, and it forbid reinstatement of these laws and policies" (Ducat 2009, 1316). Taken together, Justice Kennedy's prior rulings indicate that if the Court were to agree to hear the Prop. 8 case during the 2012 term, and decide the issue on its merits, the Supreme Court would probably hand down a 5-4 ruling in favor of same sex marriage. Such a decision would place the Court and Justice Kennedy on the "right" side of history as public opinion shifts increasingly toward support for gay marriage. This shift in public opinion is evident in the voter sentiment last week supporting gay rights in Maine and Maryland.
Despite this prediction, one must keep in mind that it is not easy to predict how the middle justice on the Supreme Court, in this case Justice Kennedy, will vote in a given dispute or issue area. This points to one of the limitations of the attitudinal model. Although scholarship has found that it is easy to predict the judicial voting behavior of judicial ideologues, or those that are found at the extreme end of the liberal-conservative spectrum, it is much harder for attitudinalists to predict how more pragmatic, centrist justices will rule on a controversial constitutional issue. Despite this underlying flaw in the attitudinal approach, the model provides one of the most powerful explanations for judicial decision-making on the U.S. Supreme Court to date.
Works Cited
Beller v. Middendorf, 632 F.2d. 1388 (1980, 9th Cir.).
Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986).
Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000).
Denniston, L. (2012a, August 22). Gay marriage cases: Now up to seven. Retrieved August 27, 2012, from SCOTUSblog: http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/08/gay-marriage-cases-now-up-to-seven.
Denniston, L. (2012b, August 10). Judge: No right to same-sex marriage. Retrieved August 27, 2012, from SCOTUSblog: http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/08/judge-blocks-same-sex-marriages.
Ducat, Craig R. 2012. Constitutional Interpretation, Ninth Edition. Boston: Wadsworth-Cengage.
Lawrence v. Texas, 156 L. Ed. 2d 508 (2003).
Liptak, Adam. 2012. States' votes for gay marriage are timely, with justices ready to weigh cases. New York Times, November 8, 2012, P7.
Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996).
SCOTUSblog. 2012. Statistics. Retrieved October 1, 2012 from SCOTUSblog: http://www.scotusblog.com/statistics.
Segal, Jeffrey A. 2006. The Attitudinal Model. Retrieved August 31, 2012, from Empirical Legal Studies Blog: http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/2006/07/the_attitudinal.html.
Segal, Jeffrey A., and Harold J. Spaeth. 1993. The Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
______. 2002. The Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Socarides, Richard. 2012. Gay Marriage Battle Heads for the Supreme Court. Retrieved September 3, 2012 from Newyorker.com: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/06/gay-marriage-battle-surpeme-court.
Wetstein, Matthew E., and C.L. Ostberg. 2005. "Strategic Leadership and Political change on the Canadian Supreme Court: Analyzing the Transition to Chief Justice." Canadian Journal of Political Science 38 (3): 653-73.
The Gay Marriage Issue and the Supreme Court Docket
As we approach October, it is clear that a critical Constitutional issue is likely to make its way onto the Supreme Court docket in the upcoming term: the issue of gay marriage. This is not surprising since questions surrounding this issue have been slowly winding their way to the Supreme Court for well over a decade. According to Lyle Denniston, by the middle of August there were as many as seven petitions filed with the Supreme Court pertaining to the gay marriage issue (Denniston, Gay marriage cases: Now up to seven 2012a). Denniston claims that these seven petitions can be subdivided into two distinct categories that would present disparate but related constitutional issues the Supreme Court might address. While six of the petitions deal with the constitutionality of critical portions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA – a federal law which only allows heterosexual couples to receive certain federal benefits), the Proposition 8 petition addresses the constitutionality of a voter approved ban on same sex marriage that was passed in California in 2008. The high profile nature of these disputes has prompted a special symposium on SCOTUSblog dealing with gay marriage (see for example Carpenter 2012 and Duncan 2012). On the eve of the Supreme Court's decision to either accept or reject these cases for oral argument, one might wonder what triggered the disputes in the first place.
Ever since Congress passed DOMA in 1996, stipulating that the federal government only recognized marriage as a union between a man and a women, gay and lesbian groups throughout the country have sought to have DOMA struck down in federal court as a violation of their Equal Protection and Due Process rights under the Constitution. Since another portion of DOMA only allows heterosexual couples to receive critical federal benefits, gays and lesbians have argued in court that they are not being treated equally under federal law. Denniston has pointed out that DOMA will have a profound impact on scores of other federal programs as well, including retirement benefits, social security, federal income tax, and medical leave provisions to name a few (Denniston 2012a). As a result, the stakes in the DOMA petitions could not be higher. If the Supreme Court were to grant review of the DOMA petitions, its ruling would have a wide-ranging impact on countless federal benefit programs.
At the same time, there has been a parallel dispute going on at the state level regarding whether marriage should be defined as a union between a man and a women. Over the past decade, legislatures and courts in the various states have grappled with this issue, and to date only six states recognize same sex marriages while 39 explicitly do not. In the upcoming election in November, the citizens of four more states, namely Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington, will be asked at the polls whether their respective state should recognize same sex marriage or not (Denniston 2012b). In California, the voters passed Prop. 8 in 2008 which defined marriage as between a man and a woman (it passed by a 52-48 margin). The proposition invalidated an earlier California Supreme Court ruling that determined that a state ban on same sex marriage violated the state Constitution (In re Marriage Cases, 43 Cal. 4th 757 (2008)). Gay and lesbian groups obviously challenged the law, and have won resounding victories in lower federal court.
Although all seven gay marriage petitions for review before the Supreme Court deal with laws that discriminate against homosexuals, according to Denniston only the Prop. 8 case raises the fundamental question of whether same sex couples should have the right to marry, because the homosexual couples that initiated the various discriminatory claims in the various DOMA petitions had already been legally married under state law (Denniston 2012a). What is unique about the California case is that there are gay couples who want to get married in California but have been denied the right to do so by Prop. 8. Some Court watchers believe it is unlikely that the Supreme Court would grant review to both the DOMA and Prop. 8 petitions. So, one burning question for journalists and legal scholars is speculating which of the cases is the Supreme Court more likely to hear during the 2012 judicial term?
Since the Supreme Court obtained almost complete discretion over its own docket in 1988, it has the power to decide almost all the cases it wants to hear in a given year. In order for a case to be heard at the Supreme Court level, scholars have noted that four justices must agree to hear the case, using what is called the "rule of four" for granting certiorari (Baum 2001). Ironically, only a minority of justices on the Court need to agree to review a lower court decision. Having said this, the Court receives thousands of petitions each year, so it can only select a fraction of the cases that are petitioned to it. Sometimes it is difficult to forecast which cases it will hear because scholarship has found that some justices use the cert decision process in a strategic manner in order to block cases from being selected for review by the Court. These defensive cert denials are triggered when a justice believes that either a lower court ruling is correct, or that the other members of the Supreme Court will not rule on the issue in the way they want. This strategic decision making process at the certiorari stage has been studied extensively by judicial scholars, and can throw a monkey wrench into the litigation and appellate plans of plaintiffs and defendants.
So when does the Court grant certiorari? Scholars have found that some of the traditional reasons for granting cert include whether the federal government is petitioning for review in the dispute, whether an important constitutional or federal issue is raised, and whether there are conflicting rulings in lower federal or state courts. In light of these factors, one could forcefully argue that the Court should hear the DOMA set of petitions because they raise important federal and constitutional questions that impact over a 1,000 federal laws or regulations and the federal government is clearly a party to the suit. On the other hand, since various states now have conflicting policies regarding gay marriage, it makes sense that the Court would address once and for all the underlying fundamental question of whether gay couples have a Constitutional right to marry. This implies that the Prop. 8 petition may outweigh the six DOMA ones during the cert stage in the minds of the justice. However, every court watcher knows that justices and judges often take the easiest path to resolve a dispute. The thinking is: why resolve a difficult substantive issue if you do not have to? So even if the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case, it may choose to duck the substantive issue in the case on the basis that the petitioners bringing the Prop. 8 appeal did not actually suffer any harm, and thus lacked standing to be participants in the litigation. Alternatively, the justices of the Supreme Court might only write a brief opinion that simply follows a 1972 summary judgment handed down by the Supreme Court in Baker v. Nelson, 409 US 810 (1972), where it ruled that a Minnesota law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples did not raise a substantial federal question. In August, a federal district judge in Hawaii took just this stance, where he concluded that the 1972 Baker ruling decided this issue and set precedent, stipulating that same sex couples do not have a right to marry (Denniston 2012b). Ultimately, I think the Supreme Court will grant review to the DOMA petitions, postponing the more complicated issue of gay marriage issue to another day. One thing is for certain: regardless of which set of cases the Supreme Court chooses to hear, the legal battle for marriage equality will continue for some time to come.
Works Cited
Baum, Lawrence. 2001. American Courts: Process and Policy. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Baker v. Nelson, 409 US 810 (1972).
Carpenter, D. (2012, September 19). Same-sex marriage symposium: Justice Scalia's case for gay marriage. Retrieved September 22, 2012, from SCOTUSblog: http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/09/same-sex-marriage-symposium-justice-scalias-constitutional-case-for-gay-marriage/.
Denniston, L. (2012a, August 22). Gay marriage cases: Now up to seven. Retrieved August 27, 2012, from SCOTUSblog: http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/08/gay-marriage-cases-now-up-to-seven.
Denniston, L. (2012b, August 10). Judge: No right to same-sex marriage. Retrieved August 27, 2012, from SCOTUSblog: http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/08/judge-blocks-same-sex-marriages.
Duncan, W. (2012, September 19). Same-sex marriage symposium: Time for an answer – does the Constitution require same-sex marriage? Retrieved September 22, 2012, from SCOTUSblog: http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/09/same-sex-marriage-symposium-time-for-an-answer-does-the-constitution-require-same-sex-marriage.
In re Marriage Cases, 43 Cal. 4th 757 (2008).
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