A mere hour before the trial began today, the U.S. Supreme Court pulled the plug—for at least two days—on the judge’s plans to allow video of the proceedings to be uploaded on a delayed basis on YouTube.
The 8-1 decision also prevented live simulcasts from being broadcast at the federal appeals court building at Seventh and Mission streets and at courthouses in Chicago, Seattle, Pasadena and Portland, Ore.
The court attributed the delays to the fact it wanted to wait until at least Wednesday to consider arguments by backers of Proposition 8, the November 2008 ballot measure outlawing same-sex marriage, that camera coverage could result in threats or even violence against witnesses testifying in favor of the measure.
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