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EverAndAnon
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Date: December 06, 2010 12:57PM
Starting at 10:00 pacific time, KQED will be streaming live coverage of today's arguments in the CA Prop-8 Federal appeal,
http://www.kqed.org/First hour will cover the question of standing. Basically, a few years ago the US Supreme Court ruled 9-0 (in an Arizona case) that if the proponents of a proposition are the ONLY parties to an appeal, then they do not have standing. That means that the appeal is denied and the ruling stands.
Worth noting that the current governor of CA Arnold Schwarzenegger has declied to enter the case and defend Prop-8
The current State Attorney General of CA (and governor elect, Jerry Brown) has also declined to defend Prop-8.
The second hour of arguments will address constitutional issues (Equal Protect and Seperation of Church/State). The proponents of Prop-8 are trying hard to introduce a lot of new evidence. That's something that is almost never allowed on appeal. It will be interesting to see how the 3-judge appellate court deals with this attemp to 'relitigate' the case.