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AFER staff will be sending live updates during the hearing via Twitter.

AFER’s attorneys will be back in district court to address a motion by the Prop. 8 defense to throw out the historic decision that ruled Prop. 8 unconstitutional on the grounds that the judge should have recused himself because he is gay and in a long-term relationship.
Legal experts, former judges, and news organizations across the nation have come down strongly against the Prop. 8 defense’s effort, calling it “absurd,” “slimy,” “deeply offensive,” and “a waste of time.”

• News Roundup >
• Press Releases >
• Legal Filings >

Where & When

Monday, June 13, 9 a.m.
Phillip Burton Federal Building & United States Courthouse
450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102

Chief Judge James S. Ware presiding
Information >

News Roundup

Prop 8 Trial Bias: Another Wall’s About To Tumble Down
The Atlantic | Read article >

Debate over judge’s sexual orientation not likely to affect Prop. 8 case
Los Angeles Times |  Read article >

Experts: Judge’s sexualorientation is non-issue
Associated Press |Read article >

Judge’s revelation prompts challenge to Prop 8 ruling
USA Today |  Read article >

Opponents of gay marriage getting slimy and desperate
Washington Post |  Read article >

Apparently, Prop. 8 supporters are now comfortable with everybody knowing they’re raging bigots
Above the Law |  Read article >

Los Angeles Times: Who’s fit to judge?
Los Angeles Times |  Read article >

A judge’s case
The New Yorker | Read article >

Vaughn Walker’s sexuality irrelevant

By Erwin Chemernisky, founding dean, School of Law, UC Irvine
The Advocate |  Read article >

Prop 8: Motion to vacate to crazytown
By Ari Ezra Waldman, professor, California Western School of Law
Towleroad.com |  Read article >

Press Releases

• 05/13/2011 AFER Files Brief Opposing Motion to Vacate the Decision Finding Prop. 8 Unconstitutional
• 05/4/2011 New York Times Editorial Says Attempts by Prop. 8 Supporters to Toss Out Court Ruling are “Preposterous” and “Bogus”
• 04/25/2011 Prop. 8 Proponents File Motion to Vacate Trial Decision

Legal Filings

• 05/13/2011 AFER’s Opposition to the Motion to Vacate the Decision
• 05/13/2011 Calif. Governor and Attorney General Oppose to the Motion to Vacate the Decision
• 05/12/2011 City & County of San Francisco’s Opposition to the Motion to Vacate the Decision
• 05/26/2011 BALIF et al. Amicus Brief Opposing the Motion to Vacate the Decision
• 05/13/2011 Lambda Legal, ACLU-NC, EQCA & NCLR’s Opposition to the Motion to Vacate the Decision