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Friday, January 9, 2015

New Same-Sex Marriage Case (December 12th)


New Same-Sex Marriage Case (December 12th)

            Today, North Carolina legislatures notified federal courts that they would soon be asking the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.  This is the second case filed from the Fourth Circuit area for the Supreme Court, the first being a South Carolina petition as yet not filed.
            The Justices have not yet reacted to the new round of cases, but they will be prepared to do so come January 2015.

UPDATE: January 9th

            The Ohio petition has since been added to the number of cases, as well as several of the cases that the Supreme Court refused to review on October 6th, one of them being the ban in Virginia.  Ohio’s petition grew out of two cases within the state that surround the “recognition” issue; when states do not officially recognize married same-sex couples.
            The Court has been considering some of the cases since the beginning of the month, and will possibly be addressing them in today’s January 9th Conference.

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