Last week the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said they were reversing the District court's injunction against releasing the names of the people who put R-71 on the ballot.

Today, in a 21-page decision, Judge Tashima in the Ninth Circuit explains why.

Confused about how this affects the 8-1  Supreme Court ruling earlier this week that said the names had to remain under wraps? We are too.

But the ball is in the Supreme's court (so to speak).

In other R-71 news: The 'No' campaign—the group that wants to the state to renege on domestic partner rights—is now going to district court in Tacoma to keep the names of its donors secret. The Seattle Times has that story.