Judge who overturned Prop 8 may have had a close relationship with lawyer who argued the case
WASHINGTON, D.C. , March 28, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A recently discovered cache of e-mails raises the question of whether Vaughn R. Walker , the judge who blocked California’s Proposition 8 which protected traditional marriage , had an inappropriately close relationship with the attorneys who argued the case before him. The legal blog Patterico’s Ponderings has published an e-mail exchange between Vaughn R. Walker, the judge who blocked California’s Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage, and the law partner of Ted Olson , an attorney who argued against the bill during the trial in 2010 and is currently arguing against it again before the U.S. Supreme Court . Retired Judge Vaughn Walker struck down Proposition 8. The e-mails portray a close relationship between the two men, with Walker seeking to avoid harming Olson’s case, even accidentally, and discussing plans for a Christmastime gathering. According to the e-mails posted by Patterico.com, Walker, who is