The California Supreme Court has refused to review a challenge to the validity of Proposition 8, a November ballot initiative that would limit marriage to heterosexual couples. The high court's unanimous decision didn't surprise at least two legal experts, though both thought the arguments raised by civil rights groups had merit. The court tampers with ballot initiatives in advance of elections on "very rare occasions," said one expert, "and usually on the basis of a violation of the single-subject rule."
July 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Any chance that California voters wouldn’t have their say on same-sex marriage was put to rest Wednesday when the state Supreme Court refused to review a challenge to the November ballot initiative’s validity.
The high court’s unanimous decision to leave Proposition 8, which would limit marriage to heterosexual couples, on the ballot didn’t surprise at least two legal experts, though both thought the arguments raised by civil rights groups had merit.
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