Maine legalizes same-​​​​sex marriage By legislative action, no less. Without a court telling them they had to do it. That makes Maine the second state to enact same-​​​​sex marriage without a judicial order to do so, and the first state to enact same-​​​​sex marriage without a judicial order to at least create a parallel licensing system (as the Vermont Supreme Court did back before that state created its civil union system). Also, the first state to legisla­tively dispose of a prior legislative ban (Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 19-​​​​A § 701 (2009)). My last law school exam ever starts in 10 minutes. Woo hoo!

“Who’s there?” “Orange.” “Orange who?” “Orange you glad you didn’t vote for McCain!” I still say Stevens is due — he’ll be 89 this year. And Ginsburg has health issues. Luckily all three are part of the liberal bloc and will be replaced with liberals — not likely to upset court balance. I’m in the middle of finals week in my last semester in law school. Assuming I pass every­thing, I’ll graduate on May 17th, which is inci­den­tally the septen­vig­in­tennial of my birth.