News: DOMA/Prop 8 Dates Announced

BoyOnBoy Wonder

Big news from the Supreme Court today which has announced momentum for the Prop 8 and Defense of Marriage Act cases the Justices face.

SCOTUS announced on Monday that the fate of the Prop 8 and DOMA cases will be revealed during its private Conference on November 20.

After the Conference the Justices will announce whether or not they'll hear AFER's Prop 8 case or any of the DOMA cases submitted to the Court. If the Court chooses to deny review to the Prop 8 case, marriage equality will return to California.

We will likely find out the results of the Conference by Monday, November 26.

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Stephen

Hopefully they will hear the case

(Cole)

So are we hoping for a denial of the Prop. 8 case, and an approval of the DOMA cases?

BoyOnBoy Wonder

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Originally posted by (Cole)

So are we hoping for a denial of the Prop. 8 case, and an approval of the DOMA cases?

You're either gonna get an entire yes or an entire no.

I hope they take it up because I think you have a good chances of SCOTUS ruling in favor of gay marriage.

Scalia, Thomas, and Alito would definitely not rule in favor of gay marriage.

Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan would definitely rule in favor of marriage equality.

Kennedy and Roberts are pretty up in the air. They're both Catholic and Conservative, but they also tend to make their decisions based on the law, as opposed to their moral beliefs. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion on the last two gay rights Supreme Court cases: Romer v. Evans (1996) and Lawrence v. Texas (2003); the majority in both cases having ruled in favor of equality. Before he was on the bench, Chief Roberts “worked behind the scenes for gay rights activists” in the Romer case who were represented at the time by his law firm, Hogan and Hartson.

(Cole)

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Originally posted by BoyOnBoy Wonder

You're either gonna get an entire yes or an entire no.

I hope they take it up because I think you have a good chances of SCOTUS ruling in favor of gay marriage.

Scalia, Thomas, and Alito would definitely not rule in favor of gay marriage.

Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan would definitely rule in favor of marriage equality.

Kennedy and Roberts are pretty up in the air. They're both Catholic and Conservative, but they also tend to make their decisions based on the law, as opposed to their moral beliefs. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion on the last two gay rights Supreme Court cases: Romer v. Evans (1996) and Lawrence v. Texas (2003); the majority in both cases having ruled in favor of equality. Before he was on the bench, Chief Roberts “worked behind the scenes for gay rights activists” in the Romer case who were represented at the time by his law firm, Hogan and Hartson.

Ah, I see. Thanks.

Retro

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Originally posted by BoyOnBoy Wonder

You're either gonna get an entire yes or an entire no.

I hope they take it up because I think you have a good chances of SCOTUS ruling in favor of gay marriage.

Scalia, Thomas, and Alito would definitely not rule in favor of gay marriage.

Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan would definitely rule in favor of marriage equality.

Kennedy and Roberts are pretty up in the air. They're both Catholic and Conservative, but they also tend to make their decisions based on the law, as opposed to their moral beliefs. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion on the last two gay rights Supreme Court cases: Romer v. Evans (1996) and Lawrence v. Texas (2003); the majority in both cases having ruled in favor of equality. Before he was on the bench, Chief Roberts “worked behind the scenes for gay rights activists” in the Romer case who were represented at the time by his law firm, Hogan and Hartson.

It's looking pretty good then. As long as they take the case, which I'm sure they will, we'll only need one of either Kennedy or Roberts to be in favor of equality, and we may even end up with both supporting it.