Posted on 11/19/2008 5:20:21 PM PST by goldstategop
The official proponents of Proposition 8 and ProtectMarriage.com – Yes on 8, the campaign committee responsible for its enactment by voters today said it is “profoundly gratified” that the California Supreme Court granted all their requests by agreeing to accept original jurisdiction of three cases challenging the measure’s validity, granted their request to intervene in the cases as Real Parties in Interest, denied the request of others to delay implementation of Proposition 8, and refused to allow outside groups to directly participate in the litigation.
“This is a great day for the rule of law and the voters of California,” said ProtectMarriage.com General Counsel Andy Pugno. “This order means that voters will get their day in court and ensures that voters will have a vigorous defense of Proposition 8 before the California Supreme Court. We are profoundly gratified with the Court’s order and are confident that Proposition 8 will be upheld.”
The Supreme Court has accepted original jurisdiction of three cases that claim Proposition 8 is a constitutional revision rather than a constitutional amendment and thus should not have been presented to voters. The Court’s order accepting the cases, as was requests by the proponents of Proposition 8, will provide a ruling on Prop 8’s validity in a matter of months, rather than potentially years of protracted litigation.
Perhaps the most significant part of the Supreme Court’s order is to deny the requests of the plaintiffs in the three cases to stay the implementation of Proposition 8. This means that, once the vote is certified, Proposition 8 will take effect as of midnight, November 5th. The Constitution of California has been amended to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman will be valid or recognized in California.
“The California Supreme Court is recognizing the People’s vote on Proposition 8 and is allowing the measure to go into full effect,” Pugno said. “This is a great legal victory for voters.”
Also of key significance, the Court has granted the request of the proponents of the initiative and their campaign committee to intervene in the litigation as Real Parties in Interests. This ruling grants the backers of Prop. 8 full legal standing to submit written arguments and appear in oral argument before the Court.
“Granting the backers of Prop. 8 intervention in these cases means that voters can be certain that there will be a thorough and vigorous defense of Prop. 8, “Pugno said. “Voters will not have to solely depend on Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend the measure. Since the attorney general was an active opponent of Proposition 8, we did not want the fate of the measure to rest in his defense of it.”
The Court also denied the request of unrelated parties, including the Campaign for California Families (CCF), to intervene in the litigation. The proponents of Prop. 8 had asked the Court to deny CCF’s proposed intervention.
The cases seeking to invalidate Proposition 8 are Strauss v. Horton, S168047; City and County of San Francisco v. Horton, S168078; and Tyler v. State of California, S168066.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The gay liberals will have their anarchy and McCartyism damnit.
So are all unpopular votes going to have to be sent the the SC because people are mad the vote didn’t go the way they wanted????
Gee, let’s do one on Obama ... protest his election ....
Jerry Browns earlier meddling turns out to be a blessing in disguise.
They may be setting it up so their (second) overturning of the voters' will appears fair.
I suspect they have made up their collective mind already so procedural issues and who's arguing what won't really matter in the end.
LOL! Kind of like the wolf guarding the sheep pen. Sanity appears to be prevailing in this matter.....for now.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
There are a dozen plus lawsuits against Obama right now.
Saw that but it’s like the voters protesting in Cal ....
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
That was my thought. It’s safer to have nothing but cynicism towards that bunch.
Okay, so we’ll look forward to four more months of gay pride parades every weekend in every major city in California. Special.
So they and their cuddle muffins will have to wait until March to hear that they’ll NEVER be able to get married here.
*sniff*
These are all good sign, but these attempts to force gay marriage on the People by judicial fiat are not over. Also, we still have Gays Gone Wild calling for revolution.
Interesting logic there - the platiffs are arguing the SCOCa "revised" the Ca Constitution with their ruling that allowed for homosexual marriage last spring.
Please clarify one other point of California law - in case things do go wrong in court:
Can Supreme Court justices be recalled?
And if so, can such a recall be done en masse, for all who rule against Prop 8?
Thanks
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
So it looks better than I first thought when I heard it was headed back to court!!
Phew... I will try and hold on to some hope after all!!
Polly
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