9th Circuit Panel Says Prop 8 Trial Video Can Be Made Public
Writing in dissent, U.S. Circuit Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta called the majority's ruling "another sad chapter in the story of how the judiciary has been willing to bend or break its own rules and standards in order to publicize the proceedings of a single high-profile trial."
November 18, 2021 at 06:16 PM
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A split U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday said sealed videotapes of the historic 2010 trial that struck down a ban on same-sex marriage can be made public, finding that opponents could not show that doing so would harm them.
None of those who testified in favor of Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage prohibition approved by California voters in 2008, have declared "that they fear harassment or reprisals if the recordings are unsealed," Judge William Fletcher wrote for the majority.
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