Comments on: Prop 8 sent to Calif. Supreme Court http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/01/04/appeals-court-seeks-guidance-in-calif-marriage-case/ the gay community's news source Sun, 19 May 2013 04:30:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: customartist http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/01/04/appeals-court-seeks-guidance-in-calif-marriage-case/#comment-12052 customartist Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:23:22 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=16430#comment-12052 Why would there be a higher standard for proving standing for the Appellate Court than there was for the Lower Court?

If the Proponents had standing to bring the suit originally, then why wouldn’t they have equal standing to appeal the rezulting ruling?

]]> By: Dan http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/01/04/appeals-court-seeks-guidance-in-calif-marriage-case/#comment-12045 Dan Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:09:31 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=16430#comment-12045 “…gay rights attorneys challenging the ballot measure on appeal argued that only the state could defend the measure because it was a state law.” To be clear, Olson and Boies are arguing that Proponents cannot appeal, not that they couldn’t defend the law at all. Proponents have already defended the law and lost.

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