By Tue Tran, Co-Editor-in-Chief -

On Monday, Proposition 8, which overturned California’s Supreme Court ruling to allow same-sex couples to marry, will be brought to federal court. US District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker will preside over the case Perry vs. Schwarzenegger. Walker was appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1989 and served as chief judge since 2004, according to fjc.gov.

The trial will be broadcast live in federal courthouses in San Francisco, Calif., Pasadena, Calif., Portland, Ore., Seattle, Wash., and Brooklyn, New York. Footage will also be available on YouTube.

Also known as the California Marriage Protection Act, the ballot initiative passed with 52 percent of the vote in November 2008.

*Photo: Protest of the passage of Proposition 8 in Washington, D.C. in November 2008. Courtesy of Timothy Vollmer