Judge who overturned Proposition 8 to retire

LA Times ^ | 9/29/2010 | Maura Dolan

[South40]

Reporting from San Francisc — Vaughn R. Walker, the federal judge who ruled that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional, will leave the bench at the end of the year for the private sector, the U.S. District Court in San Francisco announced Wednesday.

A media liaison for the court said Walker's decision was unrelated to his August ruling that found a ban on same-sex marriage violated the U.S. Constitution.

[comebacknewt]

His work is done.

Time to go collect on some debts of gratitude he is owed.

[South40]

His work is done.

Time to go collect on some debts of gratitude he is owed.

While that was a seemingly innocuous statement it really grossed me out.

[ComputerGuy]

He’s going to open a bath house in SF.

[SpaceBar]

He's retiring to pursue other orifices.

[Tax Government]

It’s either retire or face a recall in which the logic of his Prop. 8 ruling would be made plain and public.

[jospehm20]

Federal judges can’t get recalled, they can be impeached. He is retiring now so Barky can appoint another constitution hating turd burglar in his place.

[exDemMom]

A media liaison for the court said Walker's decision was unrelated to his August ruling that found unilaterally decreed a ban on same-sex marriage violated the U.S. Constitution.

There, fixed.

[NYer]

Walker, 66, a Republican appointee considered a conservative with a libertarian bent, has served as a federal district judge for nearly 21 years and as chief judge of the San Francisco-based court since 2004.

A statement by the court said only that Walker would "return to the private sector." The media liaison said another statement about his future plans may be released in the next month or so.

Walker's ruling overturning Proposition 8, which is now being appealed, prompted outrage from conservatives and a scathing condemnation from the lawyers for the proponents of the 2008 ballot measure.

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