USC Legal Experts Available: Ruling on Same-Sex Couples Right to Marry Expected Today

From the University of Southern California Law News Service Contact: Gilien Silsby at (213) 740-9690 or (213) 500-8673 MEDIA ADVISORY Ruling on Same-Sex Couples Right to Marry Expected Today USC LEGAL EXPERTS AVAILABLE: DAVID B. CRUZ is a USC Law professor and expert in constitutional law and civil rights. Cruz may be reached at (323) 497-6611, (213) 740-6830 or dcruz@law.usc.edu. KIM BUCHANAN is a USC Law professor and expert on race, gender and sexual regulation. Buchanan may be reached at (310) 740-4088, (213) 821-4411 or kbuchanan@law.usc.edu CLARE PASTORE is a USC law professor, focusing on civil rights and access to courts. She is affiliated with the ACLU. Pastore may be reached at (213) 821-4410, (323) 717-2856 or cpastore@law.usc.edu. JOHN MATSUSAKA is a USC Law and business professor and president of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at USC. Matsusaka may be reached at (213) 740-0678 or matsusak@usc.edu DARIA ROITHMAYR is a USC Law professor and expert on race and gender. Roithmayr can be reached at (213) 740-6228,  (310) 367-1295 or droithmayr@law.usc.edu. They can discuss: California’s Prop. 8 and the legal ramifications of today’s ruling. What impact will the ruling have on the rest of the nation? How will the issue play out in court? Will it be appealed to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco and eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011 or 2012? How race and gender has played a role in Prop. 8 rulings.