Professor Eastman Makes Radio Appearance on Prop 8
February 7, 2012
While California awaited the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, Professor Eastman made a radio appearance commenting on the likely ruling. He said that after hearing oral arguments, the Ninth Circuit panel will feel that Prop 8 is unconstitutional, but commented that “[t]he question is whether they do it on the very broad, exceedingly broad, grounds that Judge Walker ruled that gender is no longer relevant to marriage, that procreation was never a part of marriage, some preposterously wrong and broad statements — or whether they find a much more narrow way to invalidate Proposition 8.” Professor Eastman asserted that a narrow ruling that applies only to California has a better chance of surviving an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Listen to the appearance here.