— MICHAEL ROSTON Reports from the courtroom suggest that Chief Justice John G. Roberts is asking about standing in the proposition case (Adam Liptak explained this in our first Q. & A).
(These correspond to the collection of atomic propositions in the propositional case).
He was arrested again July 29 and Aug. 9. San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith's office is in charge of prosecuting all misdemeanors in the city, including Proposition 47 cases.
On March 26 and 27 the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the DOMA and Proposition 8 cases.
Besides just rooting for a new plot development, the ACLU wants Americans to remember what's at stake as the country awaits the Supreme Court's decisions in the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 cases.
In addition to the Olson-Boies Proposition 8 case, there is the Massachusetts case known as Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, which challenges the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
(The Court will hear the Proposition 8 case on March 26th and the DOMA case on March 27th).
(While it seems certain that the Court will accept the Boston case, it is less certain that it will take the Proposition 8 case, although I think they will. I've posted about these cases).
For a start, Ms Windsor will get back her $363,053.In the Proposition 8 case, the court ruled 5-4 that Mr Hollingsworth lacked standing to bring a case.
June 5 saw the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals deciding not to rehear the Proposition 8 case with an 11-judge en banc panel, clearing the path for the case to proceed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the Proposition 8 case, there are more options.
