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California Supreme Court to Hear Proposition 8 Challenges
Politics Daily —
... Proposition 8, the recently passed ban on same-sex marriage in California, is headed for the state's Supreme Court, reports Maura Dolan of the LA Times: ...
High Court to Rule on Marriage Ban
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... Supreme Court agreed today to review legal challenges to Prop. 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a ruling.
Meeting in closed session, the state high court asked litigants on both sides for more written arguments and scheduled a hearing for next March. The court also signaled its intention to decide the fate of existing same-sex marriages, asking litigants to argue that question.
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CA Supreme Court Will Review Challenges to Prop. 8
TalkLeft —
... not to revise. The state's high court has defined a constitutional revision as a fundamental change in government structure and has struck down only two initiatives as revisions. The last time was in 1991, when the court overturned provisions of a measure that would have required California courts to follow federal standards on criminal defendants' rights rather than relying on the state Constitution to grant broader rights. Here are the arguments, boiled down to one sentence for each side: Lawsuits to overturn the initiative ...
Proposition 8 To Be Reviewed By California Supreme Court
The Moderate Voice —
... Avoiding months of pointless appeals the California Supreme Court has agreed to hear the challenge to Proposition 8, the initiative to ban gay marriage which passed with 52% of the vote earlier this month. The vote to accept the case was 6-1 so it seems justices on both sides of the earlier ruling felt it proper to hear the case now. However they did not vote to stay the law, so for the time being it remains in effect. ...
Prop 8 Gay Marriage Ban Goes to Calif. Supreme Court
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
The California Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the legality of Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that robbed gay and lesbian couples of marriage rights. The Court "refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a final decision." Over the past century, the California Supreme Court has heard nine cases challenging legislative acts or ballot initiatives as improper revisions. The court eventually invalidated three of the measures, according to the gay rights group Lambda Legal. Marriage Equality ...
Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
... Napolitano will be Obama's head of homeland security.
Daschle in at HHS.
The Bush recession is so awesome.
Kaleefornia Supreme Court to review Prop. 8 challenge.
MN Senate recount begins.
Early voting in the Chambliss-Martin runoff has begun.
DL Hughley punks Bay Buchanan.
Why BushCo blinked on agreement with Iraq.
