US Supreme Court Denies Stay Of Prison Population Reduction Order

US Supreme Court Denies Stay Of Prison Population Reduction Order

The U.S. Supreme Court today turned down a request by Gov. Jerry Brown for a stay of a lower court order requiring a reduction of…

Prop 8 Sponsors Ask State Supreme Court To Stop Same Sex Marriages In “desperate and frivolous act”

Prop 8 Sponsors Ask State Supreme Court To Stop Same Sex Marriages In “desperate and frivolous act”

The sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court today to block the continuation of same-sex marriages in the state. The sponsors argued in…

Farewell Prop 8: SF City Attorney Vows To Litigate Aggressively To Ensure Marriage Equality For California

Farewell Prop 8: SF City Attorney Vows To Litigate Aggressively To Ensure Marriage Equality For California

Last update: 8:19 AM Read The Supreme Court Decisions Here UNITED STATES v. WINDSOR, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF SPYER, ET AL: The Defense of…

Prop 8 Decision Day Rallies Planned In SF, Across Bay Area

Prop 8 Decision Day Rallies Planned In SF, Across Bay Area

With the U.S. Supreme Court expected to release its Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage Act rulings on Wednesday, rallies are planned all over the…

SF City Attorney: Same Sex Marriages Could Resume As Soon As July

SF City Attorney: Same Sex Marriages Could Resume As Soon As July

The U.S. Supreme Court’s forthcoming ruling on Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, could follow any of at least half a dozen complex scenarios….

With Prop 8 Decision Days Away, County Clerks Gearing Up For Possible Flood Of Same Sex Marriages

With Prop 8 Decision Days Away, County Clerks Gearing Up For Possible Flood Of Same Sex Marriages

With the U.S. Supreme Court expected to make a ruling this month on California’s ban on same-sex marriage, county clerks’ offices around the Bay Area…

Local Law Prof: “It’s very likely that one way or another, Proposition 8 is gone”

Local Law Prof: “It’s very likely that one way or another, Proposition 8 is gone”

Two Bay Area constitutional law professors predicted today the U.S. Supreme Court, after two days of hearings on same-sex marriage, will end up invalidating both…

US Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Defense of Marriage Act

US Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Defense of Marriage Act

A day after hearing arguments on California’s Proposition 8 case, U.S. Supreme Court justices are tackling a second case concerning same-sex marriage this morning. The…

US Supreme Court Appears To Favor Cautious Approach, Narrow Ruling On Prop 8

US Supreme Court Appears To Favor Cautious Approach, Narrow Ruling On Prop 8

U.S. Supreme Court justices pondering the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 appeared to favor a cautious approach to what Justice Anthony Kennedy called “uncharted waters”…