Federal Judiciary

Some delay on Prop. 8?

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

UPDATE 3 p.m.  It now appears that the ruling could be issued between 4 and 7 p.m. Eastern time.

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The federal judge’s plan to release on Wednesday a ruling on the constitutionality of California’s ban on same-sex marriage has been complicated, at least temporarily, by a dispute over whether the ruling will be promptly put on hold after it is issued.  Lawyers for the challengers to “Proposition 8″ on Wednesday morning asked the judge to hear their opposition, if he was inclined to grant an immediate stay with his ruling.  The supporters of the ban on Tuesday asked for a stay, to be issued simultaneously with a decision — if the judge ruled against Proposition 8 (see the post below.)

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).