A Prop 8 Trial Tracker Community Match

This afternoon, P8TT community member Peterplumber generously offered to match any donation made fro...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Feb 18, 2011

Prop. 8 proponents alleged to use latest discovery dispute in Perry case to try to distance themselves from anti-gay prejudice

Parties in Perry v. Schwarzenneger continue to dispute the scope of First Amendment protection from...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • May 9, 2010

Continued impasse in Perry case's discovery dispute: Walker's order for ACLU and Equality California to show why he should not cite them in contempt

Walker has just ordered the ACLU and Equality California to show cause why he should not hold them ...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Apr 26, 2010

9th Circuit panel dismisses appeal by California Equality and ACLU of order compelling them to disclose Prop. 8 campaign communications

Judge Walker today issued an order to show cause why the evidentiary record in the case should not b...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Apr 13, 2010

Opening briefs filed in 9th Circuit Court appeal of Perry discovery order

In their opening brief, appellants argue that the Court has "finality" jurisdiction to review their ...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Apr 11, 2010

Latest appeal of discovery order in Perry v. Schwarzenneger: parties to file briefing by April 9th

By April 9th, "parties shall file simultaneous briefs addressing solely the issues of whether this c...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Apr 5, 2010

Lewis v. Harris II: Lambda Legal files motion in New Jersey Supreme Court to uphold marriage equality under state constitution

Lambda Legal represents six same-sex couples in today's motion. The couples have asked the Court to ...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Mar 18, 2010

Yesterday's developments in Perry v. Schwarzenneger

Thanks to California attorney Rick Xiao for forwarding these filings. He notes that "over the course...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Dec 24, 2009

Will 9th Circuit staff attorney Karen Golinski file a DOMA suit in California?

n early January 2010, the most exhaustive legal review of gay rights in the country's history will c...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Dec 19, 2009

Prop. 8 proponents likely to prevail in their appeal to withhold internal campaign communications from Perry plaintiffs

Today the 9th Circuit panel ruled in favor of the Prop. 8 proponents. The panel upheld the stay: ...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Dec 4, 2009

Judge Walker orders production of campaign documents by official Prop. 8 propnents

Among other things, Judge Walker admonished Prop. 8 proponents that his previous discovery orders, w...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Nov 20, 2009

Hearing on discovery in Perry v. Schwarzenneger: comments by anonymous reader of this site

As for what Walker's up to, bear in mind that he's a tough nut to predict, if not crack, at times. ...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Nov 15, 2009

Parents may not exempt their children from anti-bullying curriculum about non-traditional families, says school district in lawsuit

The case shows that even in a state with a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, opponents of sam...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Oct 27, 2009

A profile of Cooper & Kirk's Charles Cooper, attorney for official Prop. 8 proponents in the Perry case

Charles Cooper, of Cooper & Kirk, represents the official Prop. 8 proponents in the Perry case. Acco...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Oct 7, 2009

What divides plaintiffs' counsel in the Perry case and allied interests seeking intervention? Different arguments reflect different strategic goals.

Why are the LGBT Groups and SF so concerned to develop the factual record about how and why Prop. 8 ...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Aug 11, 2009

Conflict between Liberty Counsel and Alliance Defense Fund: the flip side of affaire de American Foundation for Equal Rights

In the Perry case, bloggers and the news media have followed recent tensions between the American Fo...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Aug 8, 2009

Four-Part Series on Marriage Equality and Religious Liberty By Professor John Culhane: Part I: Defining the Conflicts and Issues

Dale Carpenter hasn't found a single reported case testing the religious freedoms of objectors again...

Prop 8 Legal Commentary • Aug 3, 2009