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The word from the court is about to be law, or not.
The SCOTUS is the highest court in the land, whatever they decide I'll have to live with.
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Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three states and defeated a ban in a fourth, the justices are meeting Friday to decide whether they should deal sooner rather than later with the claim that the Constitution gives people the right to marry regardless of sexual orientation.
The court also could duck the ultimate question for now and instead focus on a narrower but still important issue: whether Congress can prevent legally married gay Americans from receiving federal benefits otherwise available to married couples.
My guess is they'll take up the DOMA cases (and subsequently rule DOMA unconstitutional), but they'll refuse the California Prop 8 case, thereby re-legalizing gay marriage in California but not addressing it on a nationwide scale.
My guess is they'll take up the DOMA cases (and subsequently rule DOMA unconstitutional), but they'll refuse the California Prop 8 case, thereby re-legalizing gay marriage in California but not addressing it on a nationwide scale.
I think you're right.
I can see them taking up DOMA because that affects all of us, but the Prop. 8 case ruling was very narrow and only has consequences for Californians.
Last I heard they didn't take it up. That's actually a victory for gay rights. All of the cases on appeal are gay rights victories, including victories in eight district courts and three circuit courts.
Last I heard they didn't take it up. That's actually a victory for gay rights. All of the cases on appeal are gay rights victories, including victories in eight district courts and three circuit courts.
They haven't decided to consider any of the cases, nor have they decided to not consider any of the cases.
It's not the court's job to permit anything that "doesn't effect anyone else."
When it comes to a 14th Amendment issue, that kinda is the court's job.
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