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Supreme Court: No Cameras in the Proposition 8 Courtroom

The trial on the constitutionality of California’s gay marriage ban will be seen from one place and one place only—inside the courtroom. The Supreme Court ruled today, by a 5-4 vote, that broadcasting the trial would cause “irreparable harm” to defenders of Proposition 8. Though the majority opinion was unsigned, it was obviously the work of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito. The other four justices all signed on to the dissent, which said that the Supreme Court would typically only change the decision of a District Judge, as it did here, in an extraordinary case. This case, they said, does not qualify.

Supreme Court cites ‘irreparable harm’ in broadcasting Prop. 8 trial [LA Times]

Supreme Court: No Cameras in the Proposition 8 Courtroom