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5 Jun 2012, 11:39 am by Irene C. Olszewski, Esq.
 Unable to defend Proposition 8 on its merits, Proponents claim that the now-retired Chief Judge Vaughn R. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 6:58 am by Stephen Wermiel
California’s top elected officials refused to defend Proposition 8 because they considered it unconstitutional. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 8:13 pm by CHRISTINA NOH
On February 21, 2012, proponents of Proposition 8 requested a rehearing en banc of the Ninth Circuit’s ruling. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 11:43 am by Jennifer Smith
” Her legal writings included pieces on torture, civil rights and the legal landscape after Proposition 8. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 7:43 am by Katherine Getty
[JURIST] Proponents of Proposition 8 [text; JURIST news archive], California's same-sex marriage ban, on Tuesday requested a new hearing [petition, PDF] before the full US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website]. [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 4:29 pm by Jason Mazzone
In Vik's view, the panel would have been better off holding that the official proponents of Proposition 8 lacked Article III standing to defend the law in federal court. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 4:38 pm by GuestPost
Accordingly, it was held that “Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 4:33 pm by Eoin Daly
Accordingly, it was held that “Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 10:56 am by Courtney Minick
This case involved Proposition 8, which amended the California state constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 10:56 am by Courtney Minick
 This case involved Proposition 8, which amended the California state constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 7:54 am by Marty Lederman
Evans, and thus no further analysis was necessary: "Reinhardt claims [that] Proposition 8 is (almost) exactly like Amendment 2 which the Court struck down in Romer--and therefore the panel has no choice but to strike down Proposition 8. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 7:37 pm
If the Supreme Court could not find that that case presented a substantial federal question, what business do the federal courts have adjudicating the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8? [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 6:51 pm by admin
We need not and do not answer the broader question in this case, however, because California had already extended to committed same-sex couples both the incidents of marriage and the official designation of “marriage,” and Proposition 8? [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 5:29 pm by Suzanne Ito
Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 12:00 pm by Record on Appeal
  Judge Smith agreed that the Proponents had standing, but disagreed that "Proposition 8 is not rationally related to a legitimate governmental interest. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 10:26 am by Joe Palazzolo
We need not and do not answer the broader question in this case, however, because California had already extended to committed same-sex couples both the incidents of marriage and the official designation of ‘marriage,’ and Proposition 8? [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 10:06 am by Lyle Denniston
  That task then was taken up by the official proponents of Proposition 8, and, after losing in Judge Walker’s court, they took the issue on to the Ninth Circuit. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 12:29 pm by Lyle Denniston
Olson and New York attorney David Boies — two California same-sex couples brought a sweeping challenge to Proposition 8 in federal court. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 3:48 pm by Irene C. Olszewski, Esq.
That decision was appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by the anti-marriage proponents of Proposition 8. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 7:30 am by Aaron Tang
That the drawing of a judicial map, the need for which is supported by precedent and the process of which is fully described in the decision, would be subject to expedited review, despite the Court’s repeated refusals to engage in pre-election review of voting changes, reeks of the complaints of Proposition 8 proponents against Judge Walker. [read post]