Comments on: Prop 8 ruling to come down on Tuesday http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/05/prop-8-ruling-to-come-down-on-tuesday.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:19:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Ejercito http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/05/prop-8-ruling-to-come-down-on-tuesday.html/comment-page-1#comment-63859 Michael Ejercito Sat, 23 May 2009 02:16:16 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=16299#comment-63859 <i>I expect that the court will reject both the revision/amendment challenge and the fundamental rights challenge, but will not retroactively nullify the 18,000 marriages that took place before November.</i> Such an action does have precedent. States that outlawed common law marriages allowed existing common law marriages to stand, while forbidding any future common law marriages. I expect that the court will reject both the revision/amendment challenge and the fundamental rights challenge, but will not retroactively nullify the 18,000 marriages that took place before November.
Such an action does have precedent.

States that outlawed common law marriages allowed existing common law marriages to stand, while forbidding any future common law marriages.

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