BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Tosses Question of Standing Back To California Supreme Court

Evan Hurst January 04, 2011

False alarm, y’all.

The Ninth Circuit has just issued an “Order Certifying a Question to the Supreme Court of California,” essentially punting the question of whether or not the Prop 8 appellants even have standing to appeal back to that Court. Until that question is answered, the appeals court states that they can’t consider the Constitutional question of Prop 8.

If you want to read it, it’s here.

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Ben in Oakland January 4, 2011 at 2:56 pm -

Can you spell PUNT?
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