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Update: Motion Denied On Prop 8 Lawyers Panel Judge Removal Request

Big shout out to a RENWL reader Eric for giving us the heads up. Last night Prop 8 attorneys filed a motion requesting that Judge Stephen Reinhardt disqualify himself  as one of the Panel judges for the Prop 8 appeal case because of his wife’s past role with the American Civil Liberties Union. You can [...]

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Thursday December 2nd, 2010 in , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Panel Judge Asked To Remove Himself From Prop 8 Case

We knew they were gonna work on the judges if they could. Sure enough, Prop 8tr Andrew Pugno and thugs filed documents with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in SF tonight, asking Judge Stephen Reinhardt to disqualify himself because of his wife’s role with the American Civil Liberties Union, says the Washington Post. The [...]

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Wednesday December 1st, 2010 in , , , , , , , | 8 Comments »

Memba’ Dis? Devin & Glenn Protest Prop 8 With “Make Homosexuals Marry!”

The Denver Westworld (which is supposed to be Denver’s version of an alternative weekly newspaper we think)  features a post this week about the Devin & Glenn Youtube satire that starred Justin Long and Mike White;  that  funny skit about why gays should get married by portraying the misery of marriage as time goes on. [...]

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Monday November 29th, 2010 in , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Ninth Circuit Court Announces Panel Of Judges For Prop 8 Appeal Hearing

The Ninth Circuit has just announced that the panel hearing the appeal of Judge Vaughn Walker’s Prop 8 ruling will consist of Stephen Reinhardt, Michael D. Hawkins, and N. Randy Smith (you can find the announcement on page 2 of the PDF doc at the end of this post.) According to Bench Memo (a very conservative [...]

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Monday November 29th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Prop 8’s Retiring Judge Walker To Teach At UC Berkeley School Of Law

UC Berkeley Press Release: Judge Vaughn Walker, who in August ruled that California’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, will co-teach a new course at Berkeley Law next semester. Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Walker will team with visiting professor Francis McGovern from Duke University of [...]

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Wednesday November 10th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Um Hello…Prop 8′s Andrew Pugno Lost Bid For CA State Assembly, See Full CA Election Results

Um, hello…Prop 8 kingpin Andy Pugno lost to Dr. Richard Pan. Can we getta WHOOP WHOOP? We think so many folks are still dizzy from Tuesdays elections—particularly us poor Californians as we remain sitting on the edge of our seats watching the Kamala Harris/Steve Cooley drawn out slugfest for state attorney general that we forgot [...]

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Wednesday November 3rd, 2010 in , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Prop 8 Trial Roundup: Briefs Filed, Court Date Set, Analysis Of Upcoming Hearing

On Monday of this week Prop 8 opponents Olson and Boies filed briefs with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision declaring Proposition 8 unconstitutional.  Copies of the briefs can be found at the end of this post.  On Thursday a Federal Appeals Court announced that oral arguments [...]

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Friday October 22nd, 2010 in , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »