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Will New York Break Same-Sex Marriage Log Jam in CA?
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Friday's dramatic passage of a law permitting same sex marriage in New York State raises the obvious question: What does this mean for California? The answer? A squishy "too soon to tell." New York has a set of circumstances unique … Continue reading
Motion to Overturn Vaughn Walker's Prop 8 Ruling Based on His Same-Sex Relationship Fails; Read Excerpts
Last year, Judge Vaughn Walker, now retired, ruled that Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, was unconstitutional. One of the legal rationales Prop 8 supporters have used in trying to get Walker's ruling overturned is that the judge's long-term same-sex … Continue reading
Prop 8 Judge Could Rule Tuesday on Vaughn Walker Bias Issue
At the end of Monday's 3-hour long oral arguments, District Court Judge James Ware said he hoped to have a written ruling on the motion to have Judge Vaughn Walker's Prop 8 ruling vacated "within 24 hours". The bottom line … Continue reading
Scott Shafer Reports From Prop 8 Hearing on Vaughn Walker's Same-Sex Relationship
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The California Report's Scott Shafer tweeted live today from the Proposition 8 hearing at the U.S. District Court for Northern California. The issue before Chief Judge James Ware: Should Vaughn Walker, the judge's predecessor, have disclosed his long-term same-sex relationship … Continue reading
Prop. 8 Backers: "Judge was biased"
Some are calling it a "hail Mary" legal move, but backers of Proposition 8 filed a motion in federal court Monday calling on the Chief Judge who replaced Vaughn Walker to throw out Walker's sweeping 2010 decision striking down the … Continue reading
AP: Gay Marriage Ban Backers to Cite Judge's Gay Partner in Appeal of Ruling
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From AP: The federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 that he is in a long-term relationship with another man has given them new grounds to appeal. Lawyer Andy Pugno tells The Associated Press on Monday that backers of the … Continue reading
Vaughn Walker Replaces Prop 8 Video With Nuremberg Trial For Legal Presentation
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Although Judge Vaughn Walker informed the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last week that he was planning to use the excerpt from the Prop. 8 trial again this week in a talk at Gonzaga University Law School, a spokeswoman now … Continue reading
Media Pushes for Release of Proposition 8 Trial Video
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A coalition of media, including the Los Angeles Times, CNN and KQED, is joining the legal fray over the Prop. 8 video tapes. In papers filed April 18th attorneys for the coalition indicate they want to join the motion of … Continue reading
Vaughn Walker Responds to Complaint He Illegally Used Video Clip from Prop 8 Trial
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Retired federal judge Vaughn Walker today responded to a complaint that he illegally used a video clip of the Prop. 8 trial during a presentation he made at the University of Arizona. In a letter to the 9th Circuit Court … Continue reading
Video: The Cross-Examination Clip Prop 8 Proponents Didn't Want Vaughn Walker to Show
As Scott Shafer reported today, former Judge Vaughn Walker is in hot water with Proposition 8 proponents over a video clip he showed from the trial on the same-sex marriage ban, which he presided over in 2010. Which is probably … Continue reading
