Do homeless people have the right to sleep in their cars overnight, take up space on a sidewalk for extended periods of time, or access public restrooms? 
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In many cases, police have said no. Cops in L.A. have rousted the homeless for sleeping overnight on sidewalks, for example, leading to legal action by the ACLU:
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Updated at the bottom: David Cruz provides new details of his views. First posted Tuesday afternoon. 
Courtesy of Tedeytan Marriage equality supporters rally in D.C.
David Cruz, an expert on civil rights and constitutional law, made his way from USC to D.C. to observe the oral arguments on California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage this morning. In a packed courtroom, he saw a seriousness in the crowd lightened by moments of laughter as justices made small jokes, followed by an intense grilling of the attorneys for the parties.
Cruz tells L.A. Weekly that supporters of gay marriage who hoped for a historic U.S. Supreme Court decision are likely to be disappointed:
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From revered gay UC Riverside professor and brilliant classical composer Byron Adams to Spectrum L.A. gay blog editor Stevie St. John, prominent Los Angeles-area lifelong fighters for equality were stunned by President Obama's surprise inaugural promise to bring full, unprecedented human rights to gay men and women.
Adams, 57, declared: "For most in the LGBT community, President Obama will be revered as our Great Emancipator."
On a bittersweet note that will ring true for many older gays, some of whom lived in the closet -- and in fear -- for years, Adams adds: "I frankly don't know how I will behave if given equal rights -- I have been oppressed for over a half-century and know no other life."
If you missed it, the President said:
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We've seen some bizarre fashion accessories in this, strange, star-struck town: Chihuahuas, stolen necklaces and adopted babies to name a few. The hottest accoutrement these days seems to an Apple iPad. Because it goes so well with a $1,500 handbag.
Demonstrators were gathering outside the Indonesian Consulate in L.A. today to decry authorities treatment of punk rockers in the island nation last week.
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A concert in Banda Aceh was raided and 65 fans were arrested and brought to a police camp for "reeducation." Perhaps most notoriously, however, the peacock hair of the punk rockers was shaved by authorities.
The demonstration happens ...
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