Ed Whelan reports that counsel for the sponsors of California’s Proposition 8 — the ballot proposition that overturned gay marriage in the state — have filed an application for a stay of district court Judge Vaughn Walker’s order to have video of the the trial challenging Prop 8 posted on YouTube. While I have some ambivalence about whether it makes sense to televise judicial proceedings of this sort — and think some of the objections to televising this trial are overwrought — Ed Whelan’s makes a fairly persuasive case that Judge Walker bent the rules to achieve a predetermined outcome, and that his order is of questionable legality. (If there’s a substantive reponse to Whelan’s account, I’d be happy to post a link.)
UPDATE: More from SCOTUSBlog here.