And while marriages will likely resume here very soon, very likely that it will be litigated as to whether that can happen. Very likely some socially conservative counties will try to argue that the ruling striking down Prop 8 from district judge Walker only applies to the two couples in the case.
Whether they will get anywhere is unclear.. Readers, I've got some great news -- our correspondent Edith Honan will be at Edith Windsor's live press conference at pm ET today. That's in about an hour and 15 minutes. Windsor is the plaintiff in the DOMA case, which was struck down today.
Are they going to be null and voided or is that going to be another option to marriage? READER COMMENT: If understand correctly, by punting, this allows the federal sercuit courts rulling which allows for gay marriges not only in California and sets a presedent of recognizing gay marriges as a constitutional protection under its jurisdiction. This in turn will cause a differing federal policy vs. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Hi readers, you've got a lot of questions, and our experts are taking them carefully one by one.
We've got a few more questions waiting right now. Thanks for sticking with us. We've also got more pictures on the way. I think civil unions are still legal, but those couples can of course choose to get married if they want. On the district court ruling - essentially you are correct. The way I'd put it is that the S Ct is not setting precedent that applies to appellate and district courts, so they are free in mean time to interpret.
Thus there is room for differing district court decisions on gay marriage. Kristin Perry and Sandy Stier say they will go home and tell sons they will now be "equal to any other family in California. So same-sex couples will have all benefits that hetero couples do with regard to immigration status, if their U.
From reporter Sasha Aslanian: Nearly two dozen people scanned cell phones and computers at OutFront Minnesota, Minnesota's oldest and largest gay rights organization, reading about the Supreme Court decisions.
They applauded when the court ruled DOMA unconstitutional. Maria De La Cruz walked into the room a moment after the ruling was announced. When told of the decision, she screamed. De La Cruz, of Hopkins, plans to marry her partner in The couple has 5-year-old twins.
That outcome probably will allow state officials to order the resumption of same-sex weddings in the nation's most populous state in about a month. Okay, one more, since it's an Office reference. Supreme Court in Washington June 26, Sign outside: "If I can't marry my boyfriend then I'll marry your daughter! On immigration, on the face of it it seems like they'd be able to, and I'd be surprised if this administration put up any hurdles.
However I'm no expert on immigration law so there could be stumbling blocks I'm not aware of. Levine perhaps expand on the notion that an appeal could be launched based on this ruling extending to only the two individuals under consideration by Judge Walker? Some supporters of prop 8 have argued that it is not a given that Walker's ruling extends statewide, based on some legal precedents. However, opponents of Prop 8, like the city of San Francisco, say such an outcome ruling only covering two couples would be ludicrous.
So, I'd expect many counties to start allowing marriages, interpreting the Walker ruling as applying to all, and some counties running to court trying to shut it down. Whether it has that was the issue, with Professor Jackson arguing that the administration wants the same thing as Ms. That portion of the argument focused on just who in Congress, if anyone, could be in court to defend a federal law when the executive branch chose not to do so.
Justice Kennedy seemed to be leaning toward finding that there did exist a live controversy — between the government and Ms. But Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. Windsor sharing their opposition to DOMA. Cases: United States v. A workplace vaccine-or-test requirement that would have covered 84 million workers -- blocked.
A vaccine mandate for over 10 million health care workers -- allowed to take effect. Full analysis from AHoweBlogger on this afternoon's rulings:. Fractured court blocks vaccine-or-test requirement for large workplaces but green-lights vaccine mandate for health care workers - SCOTUSblog.
SCOTUS releases just one opinion today: an decision on an arcane question of pension payments for "dual-status military technicians. Barrett has the opinion; Gorsuch dissents. The vaccine-policy cases are possible, but we don't know in advance which cases we'll get. We'll be live-blogging starting at On Thursday, Jan.
Fractured court blocks vaccine-or-test requirement for large workplaces but green-lights vaccine mandate for health care workers - SCOTUSblog With COVID cases and hospitalizations reaching a new record high as a result of the Omicron variant, the Suprem
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