9th Circuit Court Rejects Alaska's Request For Review Of Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Alaska's request for a full en banc review of the 9th Circuit Court decision which struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban has received a big fat "no."

In fact, not one of the 29 judges on the court asked for a vote to review the ruling.

Meanwhile, the state is currently on the hook for over $100,000 in court costs defending the unconstitutional law:

Gov.-elect Bill Walker said Thursday he plans to evaluate the case to see whether his administration will continue to defend the ban, indicating a shifting stance from before the election, when he called the current administration’s defense an “unwise” use of state money.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Law said the state had spent more than $100,000 defending against the lawsuit as of Oct. 31. The total bill could be more than $359,000.