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Opponents Of Marriage Equality To Ask Ninth Circuit To Rehear Prop. 8 Case, En Banc | The supporters of California’s anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 will ask the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider, en banc, the 2-1 ruling that the 2008 ballot initiative violated the U.S. constitution, SCOTUSblog reports. If the court grants the request, it would slow down the case’s projected path to the U.S. Supreme Court. Unlike most U.S. appeals courts, en banc hearings in the Ninth Circuit consist of a panel of 11 randomly selected judges from across the circuit.