[Telepathic Intruder]

The Supreme Court view on the constitution is basically screw it, we’ll decide what rights states do or don’t have.

[Gaffer]

Okay. Here’s what I expect. I’m thinking RBG will announce retirement and Evil Harry will try some technical maneuver to shuffle through a 50% +1 approval of Obama’s next nomination - A Wise Ghetto Yolanda, LaKeesha, or Nyquille activist judge or the like.

[VanDeKoik]

“Sutton argued that appellate judges’ hands are tied by a one-sentence Supreme Court ruling from 1972, which “upheld the right of the people of a state to define marriage as they see it.” “

I hear that the high court has a real distaste for overturning its own rulings.

Hopefully 5 of them will keep to that.

[Viennacon]

Surely they can avoid it...

They can just refuse to hear the challenge.

[apillar]

Here's a interesting scenario. The Supreme Court takes the 6th District ruling upholding the gay marriage ban. During deliberations, Ginsburg (who is rumored to be in poor health) passes away, becomes incapacitated, whatever. Republican senate slow-walks, or doesn't approve Obama’s nominee. Gay marriage vote in the Supreme Court goes the same way as DOMA, but splits 4-4 because Ginsburg is gone. It's my understanding that the 6th circuit decision would be UPHELD as the law of the land under a tie, in this (admittedly implausible) scenario.

[CodeToad]

They will rule for homosexuals, guaranteed.

[Buckeye McFrog]

So Anthony Kennedy’s clever little gambit to define gay marriage bans as “bigotry” and let the lower courts do his dirty work for him isn’t working out, eh?

Such a shame!