Breaking news: Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker of the US district court in California has ruled that Proposition 8, outlawing gay marriage, is unconstitutional.

UPDATE at 8/4/10 2:26:22 pm:

LGF reader Gus 802 points out that Judge Walker was originally nominated to the court by Ronald Reagan, but not confirmed — because he was, ironically, seen as insensitive to gay issues. He was nominated again by George H. W. Bush, and this time confirmed: Vaughn R. Walker.

Assumed office: 1989
Nominated by: George H.W. Bush

… Walker’s original nomination to the bench by Ronald Reagan in 1987 stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee because of controversy over his representation of the United States Olympic Committee in a lawsuit that prohibited the use of the title “Gay Olympics”. Two dozen House Democrats, led by Rep. Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, opposed his nomination because of his alleged “insensitivity” to gays and the poor.