U.S. appeals court strikes down California same-sex marriage ban

At least one expert agrees that the Supremes might not take this up:

Santa Clara University constitutional law professor Margaret M. Russell said the ruling overturned Proposition 8 on “the narrowest grounds possible,” which makes it less likely that the U.S. Supreme Court would review it.

“It is very much anchored in the role of Proposition 8 in California’s history,” the professor said, adding that it would have little effect outside of California.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/02/prop-8-gay-marriages-wont-resume-immediately-in-california.html

 

I also believe the Supremes don't want to take it up because of the very real risk they would agree with the Ninth Circuit. I don't think John Roberts wants "legalized gay marriage" to be what he's most identified with as chief justice. He'd rather have "unleashed the torrents of campaign cash with Citizens United."

 

I thought Roberts was angling for the "Ruled Obama's birth certificate was invalid" obit lede?

 

More folks chiming in that this case may be finished:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/02/prop-8-supreme-court-may-not-hear-california-gay-marriage-case.html

 

http://greggjackson.com/blog/?p=781

This guy claims that courts don't have the authority to strike down laws and that the state should ignore the ruling.
If a town clerk refuses to grant a license and claims that the ban is still on the books, wouldn't that be contempt of court?

By this guy's logic, unless a court upholds a law, its ruling doesn't count. As far as the state is concerned, it's heads I win, tails you lose. If that's true, why would anyone challenge the law?

 

Yes.

Newt Gingrich has been stirring this drink.

There are ugly echoes in it of the southern reaction to Brown v. Board of Education, which was subsequently sternly rebuked.

 

I must admit, Gregg Jackson really bothers me, too. He pushes the whole "Bill Clinton had dozens of people killed" bullshit and his rationale is that too many people had died under suspicious circumstances for it to be a coincidence (makes sense, right?). He's a birther. And he was a liberal in college who all of a sudden, just because he's out in the real world, has a family and all that shit, goes off the deep end.
What a fucking fraud.

 

Asking for a rehearing en banc first:

http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/02/prop-8-rehearing-to-be-asked/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scotusblog%2FpFXs+%28SCOTUSblog%29