Jesse Choper Analyzes Brown’s Decision to Scrap Prop 8

-Associated Press, Dec. 19, 2008 by Lisa Leff
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_11275324

“It is not an easy argument, but that doesn’t mean it’s not going to win,” Choper said.

-Reuters, Dec. 19, 2008 by Peter Henderson
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4BJ0CH20081220

“They’ve just amended the constitution, and the logic would be if this is what the constitution means, then it can’t be unconstitutional,” he said. He added that if Brown showed previous court interpretations to back his case, it could win. “Constitutional interpretation is not all logic, that’s for sure,” he said.

-Los Angeles Times, Dec. 24, 2008 by Victoria Kim and Jack Leonard
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-brown24-2008dec24,0,5751108.story

“Strategically, I think it’s a clever move,” said Jesse H. Choper, a professor of law at UC Berkeley. “It gives the California Supreme Court another way to invalidate Prop. 8.”