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California High Court Accepts Certified Question On Standing In Prop 8 Challenge

By Howard M. Friedman

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Last month in Perry v. Schwarzenneger -- the challenge to the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 that bars same-sex marriage-- the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals certified to the California Supreme Court the question of whether under California law "official proponents of an initiative measure" have, under state law, a sufficient interest to give them standing to defend the constitutionality of the initiative when the public officials refuse to do so. (See prior posting.) Yesterday, the California Supreme Court granted the certification request. AP reports that the Court may hear oral arguments as early as September.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on February 17, 2011 (boomark / email).

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