Anti-Gay Group Vows To Appeal Ruling To Release Prop 8 Trial Tapes

Dan82 · Sep 23, 2011

http://sfappeal.com/news/2011/09/an...peal-ruling-to-release-prop-8-trial-tapes.php

A federal judge in San Francisco today ordered a videotape of last year's trial on Proposition 8 be unsealed and made available to the public.

U.S. District Judge James Ware wrote, "Transparency is pivotal to public perception of the judiciary's legitimacy and independence."

But Ware stayed his order allowing release of the video until Sept. 30 to give the sponsors of Proposition 8, who oppose the unsealing, a chance to appeal his ruling.

Andrew Pugno, a lawyer for the sponsors' committee, Protect Marriage, said the group will appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Proposition 8, an initiative enacted by California voters in 2008, bans same-sex marriage in the state.

In last year's trial, now-retired U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker found that the measure violates the federal constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples...

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Emberstone · Sep 23, 2011

Prop 8 Trial Tracker has the appeal up.

judge ware, if I remeber correctly, was a conservative appointee... outside of oil-profit judges in texas, and four of the five supreme court justices, being a conservative judge doesnt mean partisian whack-a-doodle.

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