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Religious right leader claims gays shouldn’t be judges because they’ll discriminate
But a far-right Christian on the bench? That’s fine and dandy.
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Trump wants an anti-gay Prop 8 lawyer to be a federal judge
Trump nominated a lawyer who argued that discrimination is fine – gay people could just choose to be straight.
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Federal appeals court upholds ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO — Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, said a divided federal appeals court panel in San Francisco on Tuesday. The highly anticipated ruling also rejected a motion from Proposition 8 proponents to vacate the district court ruling of former Chief Judge Vaughn Walker because he had not disclosed, prior to presiding over Perry v. Schwarzenegger, that he was in a relationship with a man.
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Federal appeals court to rule Tuesday on constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday signaled the court is ready to rule on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 voter approved ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in California.
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Appeals court signals judge’s sexuality likely a non-issue in Prop 8 case
SAN FRANCISCO — A panel of federal appellate justices signaled Thursday that they see no reason to overturn a ruling against California’s same-sex marriage ban due to the trial judge not disclosing his long-term relationship with another man.
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Federal court agrees to consolidate appeals on constitutionality of Proposition 8
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Monday agreed to consolidate the appeal of the 2010 ruling that declared California’s Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, with the appeal of another federal judge’s refusal to vacate the ruling on the grounds that the presiding judge was biased.
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Federal judge orders release of Proposition 8 trial recordings
U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Ware on Monday ordered the release of the video and audio tapes of the Proposition 8 trial. In his 16-page ruling, Ware cited the need to preserve the integrity of the federal judiciary and stated that he saw no compelling reason keeping the tapes under seal.
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NCLR says Prop 8 sponsors should not be allowed to ‘usurp’ elected officials
Calling it an “unthinkable blow to California’s democratic system of government if the handful of individuals who sponsored Prop 8 could make decisions for the entire state,” Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the NCLR, on Tuesday said that proponents of Proposition 8 should not be allowed to “usurp duly elected officials.”
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Federal judge hears arguments for, against releasing Prop 8 trial recordings
A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday heard arguments on whether to release videotapes of last year’s historic trial on Proposition 8, in which then-U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.
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Proposition 8 proponents appeal federal judge’s refusal to overturn Prop 8 ruling
Proposition 8 proponents filed an appeal challenging Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware’s June 14 decision to uphold last year’s ruling that the law banning same-sex marriage in California was unconstitutional.