The hearing comes nearly three months since Frosh raised constitutionality questions about the state's money-based bail system.
Judge J. Michael Bruhn said the case against Mr. West was not about the constitutionality of gay marriage, but about whether he had lived up to his oath of office to uphold the law.
"Our questions about constitutionality and legality were answered with statements of efficacy.
But because of concerns about constitutionality, the final version that became law in 1999 was neutered.
"The argument about constitutionality is, if not frivolous, close to it," Sanford Levinson, a University of Texas law-school professor, told the McClatchy newspapers.
The reversal was not based on the merits of arguments about constitutionality.
Only with the latter did Heritage express concerns about constitutionality.
The Justice in the middle expresses his doubts about the law's constitutionality and his worries about children's rights.
The allegations, first published by Reuters, raise questions about the constitutionality of such dragnet surveillance and about the legal means used to compel Yahoo to build the software.
That would give Republicans who are uneasy about the constitutionality of the Feb. 15 declaration — yet nervous about publicly rebuking Trump — some political cover to side with the president.
