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Jerry Brown: “My job is to defend the law of the people, but that law also includes the Constitution itself. And when we harmonize the…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2008
My job is to defend the law of the people, but that law also includes the Constitution itself. And when we harmonize the two, we come down on the side of the fundamental liberty interests. And that's the issue that really turns this case to strike down Proposition 8.
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Jerry Brown
California

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Jerry Brown argues for the California Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8, emphasizing the importance of fundamental liberty interests.

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