Posted on 10/08/2014 7:47:30 AM PDT by HOYA97
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked an appeals court ruling that declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada. The order came minutes after Idaho on Wednesday filed an emergency request for an immediate stay. The state's request said that without a stay, state and county officials would have been required to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples at 10 a.m. EDT. Kennedy's order requested a response from the plaintiffs involved in Idaho's gay marriage lawsuit by the end of day Thursday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada on Tuesday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized same-sex marriage in 30 other states.
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Yes, Kennedy is in favor of homosexual marriage. So it seems odd he would set aside this ruling.
WTH? Kennedy is the one who set this whole process in motion. Without his opinion, the courts would not be overturning the bans. What in the world is he thinking?
Why didn’t he do this earlier in the week??
Been prayin’.
Yeah...that’s interesting...
My thought exactly. This cannot be good.
I thought Nevada was issuing marriage licenses to queers, anyway.
So am I. He wrote his last gay marriage opinion in such a way as to encourage appeals courts to strike down bans in order to keep SCOTUS’ hands clean. Now he wants to take this one in his lap?
Scotus will have to decide if they let lower courts do their work or they make decision
Homo marriage to be decided by states
Or appeals court fiat
What a mess
Thank 14th amendment
It wouldn’t be a normal day in America 2014 if we aren’t.
Apparently they are too.
Scotus will have to decide if they let lower courts do their work or they make decision
Homo marriage to be decided by states
Or appeals court fiat
What a mess
Thank 14th amendment
Good thing to know. I was afraid at first it might be based on decency, morality or even respect for the will of the people, but all those are clearly irrelevant to our federal courts today.
Doesn’t mean a thing. After all, it was Kennedy that basically opin3e that laws defining marriage traditionally were only motivated by an intent to discriminate and exclude.
The Justices don't want states issuing marriage licenses until after the 2014 elections to avoid motivating and mobilizing anti gay marriage voters
Really weird. Doesn’t it only take four justices for the Supreme Court to hear a case? Alito, Scalia and Thomas are three. You would think Kennedy’s decision here would mean four.
If that’s the case they already blew it.
Didn’t realize it was one day.
If that’s the case they already blew it.
One can hope.
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