They always try to duck ruling on the tough cases.
Actually, such a ruling would also vacate the 9th Circuit decision. If the SCOTUS doesn't have jurisdiction, then neither did the 9th Circuit.
If they take the case, all Obama has to do is look sternly at Roberts, and he’ll change sides.
so in other words they’re attempting to let the repeal of Prop 8 stand without getting their fingerprints on it. Cowards, the entire lot of them.
If SCOTUS doesn’t hear the case I suspect it means they believe the public needs more conditioning before they will peacefully accept a pro-Gay decision.
Then why did they take the case in the first place? They took the case, had attorneys for both sides (and countles amici) present brief, scheduled a hearing .. and NOW they suggest they may not make a decision on this case?
They could have just refused to take the case when it was initially brought to the Court.
You can hear/read this morning’s argument here:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio_detail.aspx?argument=12-144
Seems to me it will be tough for them to say the Prop 8 supporters don’t have standing, when the California Supreme Court said they do in a unanimous ruling. In the past, the US Supreme Court has deferred to the state to determine standing in a case like this - and the California Supreme Court gave a detailed discussion of that in their ruling.
I would like to know how many gays really want to get married - considering they can already become hooked up in civil unions.. and that doesn’t please them.
This entire thing is about overriding States rights. They do not like that we can have a represenative government- because they all want to be sumissive little girls and have a big strong government ruler whisk them away into slavery where they can play with their wang doodles all day in SandM heaven.
I mean serioulsy they are such freaks.
I am seriously so sick of these people.
What weasels. The case IS properly before them because they took it.
Legalese be damned.
Does the federal government have the right to overrule the legal vote of the people or not?
The 9th circus says that they do. The people say no, you do not: we ammended our constitution to say what we want it to say.Butt out.
Thats the question before the court: strike down the ruling that ruled the ammendment unconstitutional.
After that you and go back to skeet shooting with each other.
It’s simply NOT a civil or constitutional right. When civil rights are denied, it is generally a case of denying rights based on immutable characteristics, such as in the case of discrimination against blacks or women. In the case of “gay marriage”, that represents a behavioral choice. Society is not required to accept or sanction every behavioral choice or form of behavior.
They should simply invalidate the interference of all federal courts on the issue, as its a state matter. Prop 8 is part of the Constitution of the State of California, and neither 9th circuit nor the Supreme Court nor any other federal court or agency has any business ruling on it.
SCROTUS strikes again.
Oh, that’s right, they don’t have any, so they’ll duck ‘n run like they always do. Unless there’s money to be made by the blood-sucking government. Like killing babies and forcing crappy healthcare onto people who don’t need it.
A simple decision, really. Prop 8 was overturned by a federal judge who said that the majority of the voters in the state could not change their state constitution, with the ridiculous excuse that a non-existent federal law prohibited them from doing so.
And his decision was further diminished by his not recusing himself, though he had a profound conflict of interest.
As such, the clear opinion of the SCOTUS should be that if the people of California want to hold a referendum to change their constitution to permit homosexual marriage, they are free to do so. But until then, their opinion cannot be overruled by whimsical judicial decisions.