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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com August 01, 2011 09:00:00 AM ET
Prop. 8 Standing Arguments to be Televised
By Andrew Harmon
Oral arguments on a legal standing question in the Proposition 8 case will
be televised live in September, according to a California Supreme Court
spokeswoman.
Of the September 6 hearing, SF Appeal reports that "because of public
interest in the case, the court has approved a live statewide television
broadcast of the arguments on the California Channel, a public affairs
network," according to spokeswoman Lynn Holton.
In February, the state supreme court certified a question from the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, where the case is currently on
appeal, on whether under state law the backers of an initiative have “the
authority to assert the State's interest” when public officials refuse to
do so.
Though U.S. district judge Vaughn R. Walker had ruled to allow broadcast of
federal trial proceedings in early 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately
quashed any televised proceedings, except within the confines of the federal
courthouse where the trial was held.
But the state high court has broadcasted marriage equality-related arguments
before, including In re Marriage Cases, where in 2008 the court found
unconstitutional any law or ballot initiative used to deny marriage rights
to same-sex couples. It also televised arguments in 2009 on whether
Proposition 8 itself was a constitutional amendment or a broader
constitutional revision. |
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