[highball]

“If the SCOTUS doesn't have jurisdiction, then neither did the 9th Circuit.”

No,the state of CA appealed prop 8 to the 9th circus.

A attorney for prop 8 supporters appealed to the USSC.

Wouldn't a refusal to hear the case essentially re-affirm the 9th Circuit's ruling?

That would mean gay marriage in California at least (if not the 9th Cir., as I have read), but no judgment on the greater issues as to how they apply to the country as a whole. SCOTUS could hear another case on gay marriage at a later date without being bound by any precedent, and the states would be free to legalize of ban it in the meantime.

Any lawyers - is that understanding correct?

[Beagle8U]

Yes, CA would get queer marriage but it wouldn’t effect normal states.