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Justice blocks release of Ref. 71 names
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Seattle Times
10/20/2009
"Constitutional–law experts scrambled to apply meaning to an order issued Monday by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, temporarily blocking the release of the names of those who signed Referendum 71 petitions, in what has become a months-long legal back and forth.
"...Jennifer Pizer, senior counsel for Lambda Legal, a national gay–rights legal advocacy group and a constitutional-law expert, said Kennedy's order is unusual, given the court grants a tiny fraction of the thousands of requests it receives to hear cases.
"...'What it indicates is that Justice Kennedy has a glimmer of interest in this issue, and he's thinking his colleagues on the court might have an interest, too,' she said."
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