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2 Dec 2011, 8:50 pm by Lyle Denniston
   Asked for its views by the Circuit Court, it ruled last month that the Proposition 8 backers have a right under state law to go to court to defend Proposition 8 in the wake of the decision of California state officials to refuse to make any defense of the measure. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 7:26 am by John E. Harding, JD, CFLS
The California Supreme Court decided as a matter of California law, that initiative proponents enjoy some special capacity to represent the state’s electorate when public officials decline to defend a law adopted through direct democracy. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 7:00 am by Cicely Wilson
Writ columnists Vik Amar and Alan Brownstein recently wrote an interesting article on the latest ruling in the litigation regarding Proposition 8, California’s anti-gay-marriage initiative. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 7:00 am by Cicely Wilson
Writ columnists Vik Amar and Alan Brownstein recently wrote an interesting article on the latest ruling in the litigation regarding Proposition 8, California’s anti-gay-marriage initiative. [read post]
22 Nov 2011, 2:27 pm by nflatow
The Prop 8 proponents appealed this decision; no state official sought further review. [read post]
22 Nov 2011, 12:27 pm by Donna Bader
  In the federal case, the opponents of Proposition 8 are challenging its constitutionality. [read post]
19 Nov 2011, 2:47 pm by Lyle Denniston
  His ruling against Proposition 8, the proponents of the measure said, should now be stricken from the books. [read post]
19 Nov 2011, 6:00 am by Trusts EstatesProf
Earlier, a federal judge struck down Proposition 8 as a violation of equal protection. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 10:36 am by Record on Appeal
  The trial court granted a motion to intervene by proponents of Proposition 8 (including ProjectMarriage.com). [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 1:52 pm
"We're anxious to get to a decision on the merits that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 1:43 pm by constitutional lawblogger
The question - - - certified by the Ninth Circuit to the California Supreme Court in September - - - was this: Whether under Article II, Section 8 of the California Constitution, or otherwise under California law, the official proponents... [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 12:33 pm by Steve
In the photograph are Governor Brown and former Mayor Newsom, both opponents of Proposition 8. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 10:59 am by Joe Palazzolo
His ruling was appealed by Prop 8 proponents. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 10:26 am by Lyle Denniston
   When the Proposition 8 backers filed an appeal of Judge Walker’s ruling in the Ninth Circuit, the challengers to Proposition 8 contested their “standing” to appeal. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 2:50 pm by Brad Pauley
  This proceeding arises from the federal constitutional challenge to Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage in California. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 1:40 pm by Lyle Denniston
   State officials in California, however, have repeatedly declined to defend Proposition 8, which changed the state constitution to forbid same-sex couples to get married — overturning a state Supreme Court ruling allowing such marriages. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 6:24 am by Kali Borkoski
Brown, the California Supreme Court is considering whether the official proponents of Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that prohibits same-sex marriage in California, have standing to defend the constitutionality of the initiative when state officials have declined to do so. [read post]