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

The US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, blocked the broadcast of the Proposition 8 trial. The court stated that with the ruling, it was not “expressing any view on whether such trials should be broadcast,” but that it was not ready to embrace cameras in federal courts. The majority believed that the broadcast “threatened to harm the fair trial rights of Proposition 8’s defenders,” according to Mercury News.

The third day began with the second part of George Chauncey of Yale University who specializes in the history of discrimination against lesbians and gays. During his testimony, the plaintiffs lawyers played a video of Willam Tam, who had equated legalizing same-sex marriage to legalizing prostitution and underage sex. Tam had also stated during the Proposition 8 campaign that allowing gays to be married would encourage youths to become gay.

The trial will resume tomorrow with Edmund Egan taking the stand, who is San Francisco’s chief economist.

By Blair Thill, Gavel Blogger – (Photo Courtesy of The Brooks Files)

Is there anyone else out there in TV land that would like to quit? Any other shows that NBC would like to cancel? I’m giving you one last chance. Because frankly I’m exhausted. This week has been a hailstorm of behind-the-scenes drama for the television industry. Continue Reading