Tag Archives: Proposition 8
No cameras for Prop 8 closing
U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker gave no explanation late Wednesday for his decision to keep cameras out of the courtroom next week when he hears closing arguments in the landmark Proposition 8 trial.
Judge’s Prop 8 questions portend ‘blockbuster’
The federal judge presiding over the highly publicized Proposition 8 trial distributed to attorneys on both sides of the controversy a list of 39 questions he’d like them to address during closing arguments June 16. It’s the kind of list,
Can activists claim right to privacy?
For the second time this month, the U.S. Supreme Court’s most conservative member, Justice Antonin Scalia, on Wednesday took a surprising position—one that is helpful to gay civil rights.
No on 8 groups relent; turn over documents
No on 8 groups turned over CDs of "highly confidential" material to attorneys for the Yes on 8 coalition this week, ending a months-long effort to fight a court order to do so.
Contempt order looms in Prop 8 trial
U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker issued a warning on Sunday afternoon to Equality California and the ACLU, giving them 48 hours to turn over documents sought by the proponents of Proposition 8. If the groups fail to comply, they
