The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today denied a motion by attorneys for two same sex couples to lift the stay on Judge Walker’s decision striking down Prop. 8. Last summer Walker’s sweeping decision set aside all the arguments … Continue reading »

  Sponsors of Prop. 8  Monday filed their opening brief in 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 … Continue reading »

  In response to yesterday’s posting State Supreme Court spokeswoman Lynn Holton points out that although the court rejected the expedited timeline requested by Prop. 8 opponents “… the court in fact has already expedited the Prop. 8 case by setting a … Continue reading »

  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 of … Continue reading »

Attorney General Kamala Harris is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift the stay on Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision striking down Prop. 8 last year. In unusually emotional language for a state’s “top cop,” Harris’s court filing … Continue reading »