'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Somebody on public radio is saying that Kennedy's opinion suggests people may be able to use this ruling to challenge same-sex marriage bans in states that have them.
eta: The same guy said a state gay marriage ban will probably end up before the Supreme Court again.
Somebody on public radio is saying that Kennedy's opinion suggests people may be able to use this ruling to challenge same-sex marriage bans in states that have them.
I am by no means an expert but that makes sense to me.
Ok, please tell me I am not the only one who had context problems with the first half of this sentence.
Not the only one! I was all, "....but that was already legal, right????"
So, if the court 'dismisses on standing' the Prop 8 case, what does that mean? The blog seems to think this is how it will go down.
Perry: Vacated and remanded.
eta: Majority is Roberts with Scalia, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan.
Perry: Vacated and remanded.
I have zero understanding of what that means. Good? Bad? Neutral?
I thought the problem with Prop 8 was that the circuit courts had disagreed and so SCOTUS *had* to take it up. What happens if they dismiss it?
Remanded back to the state of CA?
"The Ninth Circuit was without jurisdiciton to consider the appeal. The judgment of the Ninth Circuit is vacated, and the case is remanded with instructions to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction."
"The Ninth Circuit was without jurisdiciton to consider the appeal. The judgment of the Ninth Circuit is vacated, and the case is remanded with instructions to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction."
I'm sorry to be so dense, but I don't know what that means. Prop. 8 is unconstitutional? Or still stands? Or something otherwise different?