Ninth Circuit rules Prop 8 is unconstitutional
Fantastic news. Here’s Jillian Rayfield of TPM on what’s next for the legal challenge to the 2008 California ballot measure which disallowed same-sex couples from marrying:
Supporters of Prop 8 now have the chance to petition for rehearing en banc — which, if granted, would mean an eleven-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit would hear the case — or to appeal straight to the Supreme Court. The Ninth Circuit can also vote to hear an en banc appeal either way.