Posted on 01/08/2015 7:23:22 AM PST by GIdget2004
A federal appeals court in New Orleans will hear arguments Friday (Jan. 9) in three cases involving state bans on same-sex marriage, including Louisiana's, in what could be one of the final courtroom showdowns over the marital rights of same sex couples.
A panel of three appeals court judges -- two Reagan appointees and an Obama appointee -- will listen to arguments in a case appealing a district judge's September ruling that upheld Louisiana's 2004 constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
It's the first case on the docket for Friday's session in the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which will also hear arguments in cases from Texas and Mississippi, where lower courts struck down marriage bans as unconstitutional.
Court officials are preparing for a large crowd interested in hearing the arguments, and for possible demonstrations outside the building on Camp Street downtown.
As of Monday, same-sex marriages were legal in 36 states, an area where 70 percent of the U.S. population live. A 5th Circuit ruling striking down marriage bans would add three more states to that list.
But the appeals court may not get a chance to rule at all. Louisiana's case is among several gay marriage cases across the country that the U.S. Supreme Court plans to review on Friday, in a closed-door session at which justices will discuss what to take up in the coming term. If the Supreme Court adds Louisiana's case for it's docket -- or another case that upheld gay marriage bans in Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky and Michigan -- the 5th Circuit case likely would be put on hold.
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Where is Jeb Bush to say that the issue is over in Louisiana and that the plaintiffs need to respect the law and move on? Funny how we only get told to respect the law and that issues are settled after the Libs get their position approved.
“A panel of three appeals court judges — two Reagan appointees and an Obama appointee...”
We know that the Obama judge will be in favor of Gay Marriage and there is a 50/50 chance that one of the Reagan judges will be in favor a Gay Marriage.
I don’t like those odds.
I’d say more likely at least 1 in 3 for each of the Reagan guys, which actually means at best 4 in 9 that we get a 2-1 in our favour, 4-9 that we get a 2-1 against and at least 1 in 9 that we lose 3-0.
Article 3 section 2 US Constitution:
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.
Could anyone explain exactly what authority an inferior court has in hearing a case involving a STATE??
NONE,ZIP,ZILCH,NADA...
Sad that Reagan appointees are no longer considered guaranteed good votes in cases like this.
Democrat court nominees never stray from their party line. I still wonder why Republican nominees stray. It’s disheartening, to say the least.
Courts have become a joke they are just party members and care less about the laws and logic.
MS ping
There are reports going out right now that the Fifth Circuit appears highly skeptical of Louisiana’s argument in favor of traditional marriage.
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