USD Law Professor Miranda McGowan Discusses Supreme Court's Review Prop. 8 on KUSI-TV

San Diego (December 7, 2012) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Professor Miranda McGowan was interviewed on KUSI-TV today to provide expert legal opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments involving two cases dealing with marriage equality, including California's Proposition 8.

"This is potentially a very big deal—the Supreme Court has decided for the first time to enter the same-sex marriage debate," commented Professor McGowan. She also pointed out that those who follow this story should be aware that, "Justice Kennedy is the swing vote. [He] wrote the two major opinions expanding rights for gay men and lesbians, written in the last 20 years. I do not think that he wants to write an opinion that says gay men and lesbians have no right under the U.S. Constitution to get married."

Watch the entire KUSI-TV story online.

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USD School of Law is one of the 81 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school’s faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 23rd worldwide in all-time faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, nonprofit, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.