Ruth Institute Blog

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011

Tomorrow afternoon beginning at 2:30 pm PT / 5:30 pm ET, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit will be hearing oral arguments on California’s Proposition 8.

The three-judge panel, while continuing to deliberate on the constitutionality of Prop 8, will additionally be hearing oral arguments on whether Judge Walker broke the law when he allowed the public release of videotapes of the original Prop 8 trial and whether Judge Walker’s decision to overturn Prop 8 should be reversed because he was involved in a same-sex relationship at the time. Read more…

The Prop 8 trial that starts on Monday is not simply about overturning Prop 8. It is also about: 1. whether we will have same sex marriage nationwide, 2. whether the losers in an election can go into court to overturn it 3. whether the courts can demand that participants in a political campaign have to reveal their private correspondence, and many other issues.  My new article up on Mercator Net deals with a couple of these issues.  As it happens, I have a personal involvement in the case.  And, within a few hours of this article being posted on Mercator, the hysteria has begun in the comments section. see for yourself. Read more…