Tag Archives: California Supreme Court

Video: California Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye on Legislator's Comment About Her Looks

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Earlier this month, Assembly Majority Leader Charles Calderon (D-Whittier) found himself in hot water with women legislators and lawyers' groups for comments he made about California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. From the Sacramento Bee, May 6: Two prominent … Continue reading »


Interview: California Supreme Court Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye on Proposition 8

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Over the last year, we've heard a lot about the Proposition 8lawsuit from a lot of people.   None of those people, however, have been the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, which will decide the key issue of … Continue reading »


Sponsors of Proposition 8 File Opening Brief in State Supreme Court Case

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Sponsors of Prop. 8 Monday filed their opening briefin the State Supreme Court case examining the question of whether California law gives official proponents the right to defend their measure "when public officials charged with that duty refuse to do … Continue reading »


California Supreme Court Says Prop 8 Case Already Being Fast-Tracked

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A response to yesterday's post about the California Supreme Court rejecting a request by attorneys fighting Prop. 8 to speed up its timeline for deciding a key legal question: State Supreme Court spokeswoman Lynn Holton points out that although the … Continue reading »


California Supreme Court Won't Speed Up Timeline For Prop 8 Case

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Without comment, the State Supreme Court is rejecting a request by attorneys fighting Prop. 8 to speed up its timeline for deciding a key legal question.   When the Supreme Court agreed last month to answer the 9th Circuit Court … Continue reading »


Scott Shafer: Prop 8 Case Could Turn on California Supreme Court's Decision on "Standing"

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The California Supreme Court voted 7-0 Wednesday to answer a question put to them by the federal court considering the constitutionality of Prop. 8: "Does state law give the official proponents of an initiative the legal authority to defend the measure's … Continue reading »


California Supreme Court Will Hear Issue of "Standing" in Prop 8 Trial

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The California Supreme Court has decided that it will hear the issue of whether proponents of Proposition 8 can stand in to represent voters when the state refuses to do so. The schedule that the court has set for filing … Continue reading »


Justice Carlos Moreno to Retire From California Supreme Court

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Carlos Moreno, the only California Supreme Court Justice who voted to invalidate Proposition 8, is stepping down on Feb 28. Justice Moreno said a combination of factors — financial, personal and political — convinced him now was a good time … Continue reading »


California Same-Sex Marriage Timeline

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The long and winding road to same-sex marriage has thus far been twistier than the MacArthur Maze, has featured many detours and dead-ends, and disappears way over the horizon when you try to glimpse an end. And yesterday's announcement by … Continue reading »