The Governator calls in the Supremes...

Supreme Court in California to Get Case on Marriages

hmmm...interesting legal battle gets more interesting.

I'm very curious how the state supreme court can exercise jurisdiction on the matter when there has yet to be a lower court hearing?

is there a parallel in the california constitution which gives the supreme court "original" jurisdiction when the constitutionality of a law is called into question?

this is not an issue of the constitutionality of an amendment proposal, but rather a regular old law, in the family code. prop 22 added language to the code, it did not amend the constitution.

does the claimed "urgency" get one in the supreme court door?