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To: xzins
Marlowe is a lawyer. Long time. Successful.

Then Marlowe certainly knows it is not necessary to enact a new law every single time a state or federal court strikes down a law, in whole or part.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. SCOTUS' wrong-headed decision in Obergefell did not invalidate the entirety of Kentucky's, or any other state's, marriage laws. Only as they apply to prohibitions against gay marriages.

306 posted on 09/04/2015 8:35:01 AM PDT by gdani (No sacred cows)
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To: gdani; P-Marlowe

I posted Chief Justice John Roberts’ comment that it did invalidate marriage laws in most states. I believe I gave you the excerpt from his opinion. Then there is the savings/severability issue. You can, of course, see that the state might no longer want tax connections in their marriage law since those were based on procreativity.


326 posted on 09/04/2015 9:10:38 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their Victory!)
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