Federal judge orders release of Proposition 8 trial video

[JURIST] Chief US District Judge James Ware of the US District Court for the Northern District of California [official website] decided Monday to unseal video recordings [order, PDF] from last year’s trial over Proposition 8 [text, PDF; JURIST news archive], California’s same-sex marriage ban. Unless a higher court overrules the order, it will take effect [AP report] September 30. In August of this year, Ware held a hearing over whether there was a compelling reason to keep the videos a…