In fact, it's pretty much common in state law.

The California Supreme Court granted the pro-Prop 8 people standing to sue on the State's behalf, when the State declined to defend.


It's unbelievable that the State Supreme Court would do that. That is a massive power grab away from the Executive branch (Governor/Attorney General).

Those same $$ are now allowed to stand in court on behalf of the citizens of the State where elected State officials decline to do so. It's obscene.

If the SCOTUS is to be consistent, they have to rule AGAINST the 9th and say they do not have standing to sue, returning the case back to the 9th and the state of CA. CA again does not appeal, back to square 1 and the overturning of the ban stands.

And if the SCOTUS refuses to hear it, the net result is the same. Prop 8 is overturned.

And the SCOTUS has spent too much time and effort limiting who can sue. If they overturn this silly issue that doesn't mdje anybody money, the corporations have a lot to lose.

I had no idea that the Cal Supreme Court was so wack-a-doo as to grant standing to the proponents of the initiative. I'm literally floored by that.

It forces the SCOTUS into a bad position. My guess is the SCOTUS refuses to hear it but still leaves the core issue unsettled but protects corporations which is what really matters to them anyway.