And it better be or I will have egg all over my face.
Meet the lawyers!
Anti Prop 8: Ted Olson and David Boies, who argued against one another in Bush vs. Gore in 2000. They argue prop. 8 violates the 14 amendment - equal protection under the law.
Pro Prop 8: Charles Cooper, whose arguments apparently are not based on law at all.
The judges!
Stephen Reinhardt, one of the most liberal judges (according to the WSJ), has been asked to recuse himself by the National Organization for marriage because his wife was involved with the case. Also a guy that gets his descisions reversed a lot, like the time he banned Christmas:
.http://www.theonion.com/articles/activist-judge-cancels-christmas,1856/
Michael Daly Hawkins, a "moderate democrat". Former Navajo Nation Prosecutor and US attorney in AZ.
N. Randy Smith, big time mormon, has undergrad and law degrees from BYU.
Prop. 8 hearing on gay marriage will be televised by C-SPAN
November 17, 2010 | 5:10 pm
A federal appeals court Wednesday authorized the televising of a Dec. 6 hearing on whether Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage, should be struck down.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by C-SPAN to broadcast the two-hour hearing, which is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. The court said C-SPAN would provide its tape to other broadcast media that receive court permission to televise the hearing.
The 9th Circuit is hearing an appeal of an August ruling by U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker, who presided over a trial that examined such questions as whether homosexuality could be changed and whether same-sex parenting harmed children. Walker wanted to broadcast the trial on the Internet, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 to ban cameras on the grounds that witnesses could be intimidated during testimony.
The December hearing will involve legal arguments by lawyers, not testimony by witnesses. The 9th Circuit has said the first hour of the hearing will examine whether the sponsors of Proposition 8 and Imperial County have legal authority, or standing, to appeal Walker's ruling.
Standing generally requires an appellant to have been directly affected by a court decision. The state has standing because it enforces Proposition 8, but Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to appeal. The second hour will be spent discussing whether the gay marriage ban violates equal protection rights.
Meet the lawyers!
Anti Prop 8: Ted Olson and David Boies, who argued against one another in Bush vs. Gore in 2000. They argue prop. 8 violates the 14 amendment - equal protection under the law.
Pro Prop 8: Charles Cooper, whose arguments apparently are not based on law at all.
http://qsaltlake.com/2010/09/16/pro-prop-8-lawyer-lectures-at-byu/Charles J. Cooper’s argument for upholding Prop 8 was that marriage is, by definition, a union between a man and a woman....
“Child-rearing and procreation is important in matrimony,” Cooper said. “but also to nature and society.”
The judges!
Stephen Reinhardt, one of the most liberal judges (according to the WSJ), has been asked to recuse himself by the National Organization for marriage because his wife was involved with the case. Also a guy that gets his descisions reversed a lot, like the time he banned Christmas:
.http://www.theonion.com/articles/activist-judge-cancels-christmas,1856/
Michael Daly Hawkins, a "moderate democrat". Former Navajo Nation Prosecutor and US attorney in AZ.
N. Randy Smith, big time mormon, has undergrad and law degrees from BYU.