How 1997 ruling might thwart Prop. 8 appeal

San Francisco Chronicle: “Hardly anyone noticed when the U.S. Supreme Court said in 1997 that it had ‘grave doubts’ that the sponsors of a ballot measure – in that case, an English-only initiative for government agencies in Arizona – had the right to defend the law in federal court. Now that case could determine the future of same-sex marriage in California.”