CA: Court Proposes Televising Prop 8 Closing Arguments
The U.S. district court in San Francisco has proposed that closing arguments in the trial over the anti-gay-marriage measure Proposition 8 be televised, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. An attempt to televise the entire trial failed after the U.S. Supreme Court intervened, saying the pro-Prop. 8 side feared its witnesses would be subject to intimidation. The anti-Prop. 8 side had supported televising the proceedings.
The proposal to televise the closing arguments was posted on the court's website, and the court has taken public comments on it. The plan to televise the full trial had received overwhelmingly positive comments from the public before the Supreme Court quashed it.
No date has been set for closing arguments; Judge Vaughn Walker had postponed them until after he received a final round of briefs, due Friday.
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The proposal to televise the closing arguments was posted on the court's website, and the court has taken public comments on it. The plan to televise the full trial had received overwhelmingly positive comments from the public before the Supreme Court quashed it.
No date has been set for closing arguments; Judge Vaughn Walker had postponed them until after he received a final round of briefs, due Friday.
Full Story from the Advocate
Click here for gay marriage resources.
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Labels: closing arguments, federal trial, Gay Marriage, marriage equality, prop 8, proposition 8, same sex marriage
posted by Mark & Scott at
2/27/2010 07:25:00 AM
1 Comments:
I found it interesting that even after the Supremes shot down the broadcast of the trial, the pro-H8 witnesses still chickened out on their testimony. My gut tells me the closing arguments won't be televised either.
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