9th Circuit Consolidates Prop 8 Appeal With Complaint On Judge's Gayness

Yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals announced that it would simultaneously consider the appeal of the overturn of Prop 8 alongside a separate complaint that Judge Vaughn Walker should have recused himself for being gay. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly:

With today's order, all of the questions relating to the validity and merits of the constitutionality of Proposition 8 could be decided by the Ninth Circuit in one decision, allowing for the most clean appeal possible to the U.S. Supreme Court. The only ancillary matter still unconsolidated is the question of whether the tapes of the Proposition 8 trial conducted by Walker in January 2010 and concluded that June can be released to the media and public. The Ninth Circuit oral arguments on the appeal of that question will be held at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time Dec. 8.