Joseph Grodin

former Justice, California State Supreme Court

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Professor at the University of California Hastings College of Law; former justice of the California Supreme Court (he was removed by voters in 1986)

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In April of last year, the seven-member Supreme Court of Iowa effectively legalized same-sex marriage in a unanimous opinion.  Last week, three of the justices faced a retention…

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