Prop 8 again
Jun. 29th, 2013 06:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrSeems that the supporters of Prop 8 in California are petitioning the Supreme Court to stop California from resuming gay marriages.
My immediate thought is "What part of "you do not have standing to appeal" don't these folks understand?
I rather hope the SC justices are pissed off enough be this stupidity to administer a major slapdown of some sort. I don't suppose the SC can cite people for contempt of court can they?
I especially love the claim I heard one of them making on the TV that the Ninth Circuit court didn't have the jurisdiction to lift the stay on Judge Walker's order invalidating Prop 8.
Excuse me? The Ninth Circuit *issued* that stay. If they have the autority to issue it (which the Prop 8 supporters were all for) then they damn well have the jurisdiction to lift it.
The *only* remotely reasonable argument I've heard about not resuming same sex marriages in CA is that apparently California law requires an appelate court decision to quit enforcing a law. And with the Supreme Court decision, they no longer have one.
I don't really see that one going very far though.
My immediate thought is "What part of "you do not have standing to appeal" don't these folks understand?
I rather hope the SC justices are pissed off enough be this stupidity to administer a major slapdown of some sort. I don't suppose the SC can cite people for contempt of court can they?
I especially love the claim I heard one of them making on the TV that the Ninth Circuit court didn't have the jurisdiction to lift the stay on Judge Walker's order invalidating Prop 8.
Excuse me? The Ninth Circuit *issued* that stay. If they have the autority to issue it (which the Prop 8 supporters were all for) then they damn well have the jurisdiction to lift it.
The *only* remotely reasonable argument I've heard about not resuming same sex marriages in CA is that apparently California law requires an appelate court decision to quit enforcing a law. And with the Supreme Court decision, they no longer have one.
I don't really see that one going very far though.
