Prop 8 update: Bush v. Gore opposing lawyers file joint federal challenge

LAObserved has a run-down of the protests fanning out this evening across Los Angeles in response to the state supreme court’s ruling today that Proposition 8 stands. LAO also mentions this story from the AP:

Two of the nation’s top litigators who opposed each other in the Bush v. Gore election challenge in 2000 have joined forces to seek federal court intervention in California’s gay marriage controversy.

Theodore B. Olson and David Boies have filed a U.S. District Court lawsuit on behalf of two gay men and two gay women, arguing that the California constitutional amendment eliminating the right of gay couples to marry violates the U.S. constitutional guarantee of equal protection and due process.

Olson said today that he hopes the case will wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The lawsuit seeks a preliminary injunction against California’s Proposition 8 until the case is resolved.