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28 Sep 2011, 8:28 am
In response to an emergency motion by proponents of the ban, the court granted a stay of US District Court Chief Judge James Ware's September 19th ruling [JURIST report; order] that granted the unsealing of the Proposition 8 trial video recordings. [read post]
24 Sep 2011, 5:08 pm
”) Also take note, for example, of the decision in the California Proposition 8 gay marriage ban and the “Motion to Vacate Judge Walker’s Judgment Against Prop 8 is Denied. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 2:21 pm
The two gay couples who challenged Proposition 8, joined by media groups, urged its public release, but Proposition 8′s backers vigorously opposed that. [read post]
5 Sep 2011, 10:55 pm
The federal judges may use California’s approach to guide their own decision about whether the Proposition 8 proponents have the “standing” – or legal authority – to appeal the unfavorable decision they received last year in federal district court, where former Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8 violated the U.S. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 11:50 am
Finally, the briefs filed by the Proposition 8 proponents have been strikingly unable to tie the exclusion of same-sex couples to any neutral state interest. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 2:51 pm
Brown, S189476: This proceeding arises from the federal constitutional challenge to Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage in California. [read post]
17 May 2011, 8:02 am
Former Governor Schwarzenegger and current Governor Brown have both refused to defend Proposition 8 in court, prompting proponents of the initiative to seek to intervene as defendants (Kristin M. [read post]
12 May 2011, 7:57 pm
In briefs (here and here) filed with a federal District judge in San Francisco, the officials argued against overturning the decision last August to nullify Proposition 8. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 11:07 am
The Prop 8 proponents are at it again. [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 12:19 pm
The Supreme Court’s January 2010 order blocking public TV broadcasting of the trial on the constitutionality of the Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage is a total ban, so the videotape of the trial must remain sealed permanently, the proponents of the marriage measure argued on Thursday. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 2:06 pm
Backers of California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage filed the final written arguments on Monday in the California Supreme Court, on the question of whether they have a right under state law to defend their measure in court when state officials refused to do so. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 2:02 pm
The couples contended that the proponents of the marriage ban were trying to shield from public view their efforts to defend in court the discrimination they sought in Proposition 8. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 8:12 am
The Proposition 8 supporters are to file their reply brief by April 18. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 3:00 am
For the Constitution in 2020 conference on The Future of Equality.Douglas NeJaimePopular accounts and media commentary on the federal suits challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 focus largely on the inevitable march toward marriage equality.Implicit in such accounts is a claim about the impact of favorable court decisions on the LGBT rights agenda.After a district court victory in the Massachusetts DOMA case and the more recent… [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 10:40 am
[JURIST] Proponents of Proposition 8 [text; JURIST news archive], California's same-sex marriage ban, on Monday urged the Supreme Court of California [official website] to allow them to defend the measure [brief, PDF] when state officials refuse to do so. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 7:18 pm
Beginning their effort in the California Supreme Court to salvage their legal defense of the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, the proponents of Proposition 8 on Monday urged the state court to let them stand in for state officials who refuse to defend the ban. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 6:13 pm
Prop 8’s non-governmental proponents have appealed to the U.S. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 1:36 pm
The question of who can defend a ballot measure on appeal is important because two California administrations have refused to support Proposition 8. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 1:36 pm
The question of who can defend a ballot measure on appeal is important because two California administrations have refused to support Proposition 8. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 4:15 am
Schwarzenneger -- the challenge to the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 that bars same-sex marriage-- the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals certified to the California Supreme Court the question of whether under California law "official proponents of an initiative measure" have, under state law, a sufficient interest to give them standing to defend the constitutionality of the initiative when the public officials refuse to do… [read post]
