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Push to cut top brass causing much unease..........................................A4 Nation Digest Horrigan resigns in New Hampshire after Palin death joke .............A3
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India latest to warn of BlackBerry shutdowns......................................A6 Foreign Digest Car bomb explodes outside radio station in Colombia’s capital .......A6
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Make-up of housing panel draws ire ....................................................A10 Business Digest Regulator for Fannie, Freddie targets some developer fees.............A10 Market summary....................................................................................A12
The Fed Page In the Loop Frank Lautenberg, gaga for Gaga .......................................................A16
Opinion
Ruth Marcus: Do jobless benefits encourage loafing? ........................A17 Editorial: Venezuela tries to silence an ambassador. ........................A18
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An Aug. 11 Metro article about the Ward 5 D.C. Council race mis- stated the name of a street in the Trinidad neighborhood on which council member Harry Thomas Jr. visited his grandmother when he was growing up. It is Oates Street, not Oak Street.
A Local Digest item in the Aug. 7 Metro section, about Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson’s veto of a bill that would have expanded the number of taxis in the county, incorrectly said that the veto was Johnson’s second in eight years. It was the fourth veto of Johnson’s eight-year tenure. The item also referred to Johnson as Jack- son in one instance.
A Going Out Guide item in the Aug. 4 Style section, about the Junk- yard Band’s 30th-anniversary celebration, misstated the name of a movie in which the D.C. group appeared. The movie is “Good to Go,” not “Good to Go-Go.”
A July 20 Metro article about the MV-1, the first car specifically de- signed for wheelchair accessibility, incorrectly said that the vehicle will go on sale in January. Online reservations are now being accepted, and production is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of this year, with deliveries by January and possibly December.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010 Judge: Gay marriages may resume in Calif.
Opponents given 6 days to seek an injunction from a higher court
by Sandhya Somashekhar
A federal judge in San Francis- co ruled on Thursday that same- sex marriages in California may resume as soon as Wednesday, but gave opponents until then to seek an injunction from a higher court. U.S. District Judge Vaughn R.
Walker struck down last week California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex unions, calling it dis- criminatory and unconstitution- al. But he delayed implementa- tion of his ruling after opponents asked for a stay while the case is being appealed. Walker denied their request on
Thursday, but he offered a six-day delay. That gave hope to oppo- nents who have brought appealed the case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. “I’m happy that the judge is- sued a temporary stay until next week,” said Brian Raum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal aid group that participated in the case. “That gives us the window we need to seek a more permanent stay as it goes before the 9th Cir- cuit.” Gay rights groups hailed Walk-
er’s decision as a victory, although it disappointed gay couples around the state who had lined up at city halls in hopes of getting married Thursday. “It’s making the long drive
home even more miserable,” said Midge Detro, 45, a resident of a town about two hours south of San Francisco. She and her partner of 16 years, Sandy Simmons, awoke at dawn to arrive at San Francisco City Hall to be among the first to mar- ry on Thursday. Instead, they filled out forms, had lunch and
JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES Danielle Peregory places a veil on Kelly Jones as they wait in line for a marriage license in San Francisco.
headed home with plans to return on Wednesday. “I just hope they don’t try any- thing next week,” Detro said. “That’s the only scary part of this whole thing.” Last week’s ruling by Walker in-
validated Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that defined marriage as between a man and a woman. The decision was viewed by both sides as a landmark moment in the battle over same-sex mar- riage, even though the fight is far from over. The case is widely ex- pected to end up before the Su- preme Court. Supporters of Proposition 8 had argued that heterosexual marriage is a building block of so- ciety because of its role in procre- ation and that the ballot initia- tive, which passed in 2008 with 52 percent of the vote, reflected the will of the people. But in a 138-page ruling, Walk- er largely agreed with supporters
of same-sex marriage that Propo- sition 8 violates gay couples’ equal rights as outlined in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Even before Walker handed down his decision last week, de- fenders of Proposition 8 had asked for an immediate stay while they pursued an appeal, arguing that allowing same-sex marriages to go forward would cause “irrep- arable injury” to residents of the state. They also said any mar- riages performed before the case reached its final disposition would be legally questionable. But in Thursday’s 11-page opin-
ion, Walker wrote that the de- fenders of Proposition 8 “fail to satisfy any of the factors neces- sary to warrant a stay.” Moreover, he questioned whether the law- yers, who come from religious and nonprofit groups, have the le- gal standing to appeal. Neither Gov. Arnold Schwar- zenegger (R) nor state Attorney
General Jerry Brown (D) agreed to defend Proposition 8 in court, and both weighed in on the side of overturning it. Walker wrote that it appears
“at least doubtful that proponents will be able to proceed with their appeal without a state defen- dant.” He denied a stay, he wrote, “except for a limited time solely in order to permit the court of ap- peals to consider the issue in an orderly manner.” Supporters of same-sex mar-
riage praised the stark language of the opinion and said they re- gard the delay as a formality. “The court’s decision today rec- ognizes that there is no reason to delay allowing gay men and lesbi- ans to enjoy the same rights that virtually all other citizens already enjoy,” Theodore B. Olson, one of the two lawyers who led the effort to invalidate Proposition 8, said in a statement.
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Trial begins for youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay
But proceeding could be delayed after Khadr’s attorney collapses
by Peter Finn
guantanamo bay, cuba — The first war crimes trial of the Obama administration will force a panel of seven military jurors to confront two fundamental ques- tions:
Did a 15-year-old Canadian, during a bloody encounter with U.S. troops in southern Afghani- stan, throw a grenade that killed a U.S. Special Forces medic? And if he is found guilty of murder, what punishment, if any, is ap- propriate for a teenage offender who was in the grip of a fanatical father? The trial of Omar Khadr began
Thursday with brief opening ar- guments, but almost immediately it ran into the prospect of a sig-
nificant delay after Khadr’s mili- tary attorney collapsed in the courtroom. Army Lt. Col. Jon Jackson was
suffering complications from gallbladder surgery he under- went six weeks ago, doctors at a base medical facility determined. Officials did not say Thursday night whether Jackson would re- quire treatment in the United States. The trial will be halted while he recovers, but if the delay lasts more than a couple of days, mili- tary officials may consider whether to bring another mili- tary lawyer into the case — a deci- sion that could lead to a new trial. Khadr, now 23, and the young-
est detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, was found shot and almost mortally wounded in the rubble of an al- Qaeda compound on July 27, 2002. Military prosecutors allege that, after a four-hour battle in which thousands of shots were fired and the complex was bom-
barded by fighter jets and attack helicopters, the Canadian teen- ager tossed a grenade that in- jured Sgt. Christopher Speer, 28. The father of two clung to life for eight days before dying; his wid- ow, Tabitha, attended the trial Thursday. The decision to start President
Obama’s commissions with the Khadr case has drawn interna- tional scorn from U.N. officials and human rights activists, who argue that Khadr is a “child sol- dier” who should be offered a program of rehabilitation, not a trial.
Within some parts of the Oba- ma administration, there is quiet dismay over the prosecution. Yet all efforts to resolve the case through a plea agreement have failed, and Canada, alone among Western governments, has shown no interest in getting one of its citizens out of Guantanamo. Khadr is the last Western citizen detained here. Prosecutors allege that Khadr
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admitted to Speer’s killing with some pride in a series of state- ments at Bagram air base in Af- ghanistan and at the detention center here. Defense lawyers said the statements were first ob- tained through threats of death and rape, and they argued that all of them should be suppressed. Judge Patrick Parrish, an Army colonel, admitted them along with a videotape found at the compound that appears to show Khadr among a group of men who were building and planting makeshift bombs. The video was played in court Thursday. “ ‘I am a terrorist trained by al-
Qaeda.’ Those are his words,” said prosecutor Jeffrey Groharing as he walked around a model of the al-Qaeda compound that was placed in front of the jury Thurs- day. “This trial is about holding an al-Qaeda terrorist responsible for his actions. . . . He grew up in a family of radical Islamists. Omar Khadr learned that ideol- ogy.” Jackson, Khadr’s military law-
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