stay lifted; marriages to go ahead Aug 18

[rm]

@LambdaLegal RT @freedomtomarry: BREAKING: Judge Walker lifts stay, and same-sex couples now have the freedom to marry in CA #Prop8 – Please RT! #lgbt

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Stay is in effect until August 18, at 5pm. At which point marriages will resume, although the 9th Circuit could step in and issue their own stay and various weird appeals by groups who may or may not have standing may be in play.

Situation: good, but chaotic.

Comments

[marcmagus]

Haven't finished reading the stay order yet . . . but this means no marriages for a week, giving the appellate court a week to decide to hear an appeal and issue their own stay until they do so?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Possibly. It may also be because most courthouses are not fucking prepared to deal with the influx of people.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

This is the reason. The Clerks are now scrambling to ensure that they have sufficient forms and staffing, because when the stay lifts, they're going to get SMOKED.

[marcmagus]

Further reading: "to permit the court of appeals to consider the issue in an orderly manner"

So it really is to give them a chance to put in their own stay without a weird gap if they're going to do so. Which sucks, but is probably reasonable from a judicial standpoint.

[dsudis.livejournal.com]

I'm really fascinated by the question Judge Walker raised on pp.3-6 about whether they'll have standing to pursue an appeal without getting the Governor or AG to go along.