Synopses & Reviews
The riveting inside story of the Supreme Courtand#8217;s landmark ruling on Proposition 8and#151;by the two lawyers who argued the case and#160;
On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a pair of landmark decisions, striking down the Defense of Marriage Act and eliminating Californiaand#8217;s discriminatory Proposition 8, reinstating the freedom to marry for gays and lesbians in California.
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Redeeming the Dream is the story of how David Boies and Theodore B. Olsonand#151;who argued against each other all the way to the Supreme Court in Bush v. Goreand#151;joined forces after that titanic battle to forge the unique legal argument that would carry the day. As allies and not foes, they tell the fascinating story of the five-year struggle to win the right for gays to marry, from Proposition 8and#8217;s adoption by voters in 2008, to its defeat before the highest court in the land in Hollingsworth v. Perry in 2013.
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Boies and Olson guide readers through the legal framing of the case, making crystal clear the constitutional principles of due process and equal protection in support of marriage equality while explaining, with intricacy, the basic human truths they set out to prove when the duo put state-sanctioned discrimination on trial.
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Redeeming the Dream offers readers an authoritative, dramatic, and up-close account of the most important civil rights issueand#151;fought and wonand#151;since Brown v. Board of Education and Loving v. Virginia.
Review
A carefully crafted, high accessibly play-by-play of the complex four-and-a-half year legal battle over the gay and lesbian right to marry. . . . Their clear explanations about the landmark case and the judicial process in general will leave readers well-prepared to follow the subtleties of the discussion as individual states take on the gay marriage issue.
~Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Synopsis
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Breathtakingly inspiring." --Laurence H. Tribe, Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School
When advocates for marriage equality sought to challenge California's notorious Proposition 8, they were fortunate to have the support of two of the nation's preeminent lawyers, David Boies and Theodore B. Olson. Despite the fact that they had argued against one another in the landmark Bush v. Gore case, their commitment to the marriage issue led them to join forces, ultimately defeating the unconstitutional proposition in the Supreme Court after a nearly five-year battle. Redeeming the Dream is the definitive inside account of the key civil rights struggle of our time.
Synopsis
and#147;Breathtakingly inspiring.and#8221; and#151;Laurence H. Tribe, Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School When advocates for marriage equality sought to challenge Californiaand#8217;s notorious Proposition 8, they were fortunate to have the support of two of the nationand#8217;s preeminent lawyers, David Boies and Theodore B. Olson. Despite the fact that they had argued against one another in the landmark Bush v. Gore case, their commitment to the marriage issue led them to join forces, ultimately defeating the unconstitutional proposition in the Supreme Court after a nearly five-year battle. Redeeming the Dream is the definitive inside account of the key civil rights struggle of our time.
About the Author
Selected by Time magazine in 2010 as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, David Boies is the most prominent trial lawyer in the United States and has litigated some of the highest profile cases in recent history, including Westmoreland v. CBS, United States v. Microsoft, and Bush v. Gore. He is the co-author of