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Was a trial necessary?
Walker asks if a trial was necessary: Olson says yes and no.
Olson: "Yes and no. We don’t need a trial to prove these people are being selected out on the basis of their orientation. What the Supreme Court says about the fundamental rights here, you could have made that decision without a trial. You decided we should have a trial to examine the facts.
I now think that was an exceedingly wise decision. We now have not just the Supreme Court decisions, and not just what we know about discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, we have now heard real life and we know what it’s like from the experts."
[Note: the experts don’t seem to have to offer evidence. Because they are experts they get to decide key questions like the meaning of marriage. Ted Olson doesn’t seem to believe in judicial restraint so much as rule by professors.]
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Christopher
June 16, 2010
1:59 pm