Ginsburg: Watch 6th Circuit on Gay Marriage.
Source: nyt/ap
People seeking clues about how soon the Supreme Court might weigh in on states' gay marriage bans should pay close attention to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told a Minnesota audience Tuesday.
Ginsburg said cases pending before the circuit covering Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee would probably play a role in the high court's timing. She said "there will be some urgency" if that appeals court allows same-sex marriage bans to stand. Such a decision would run contrary to a legal trend favoring gay marriage and force the Supreme Court to step in sooner, she predicted.
She said if the appeals panel falls in line with other rulings there is "no need for us to rush."
Ginsburg didn't get into the merits of any particular case or any state's gay marriage ban, but she marveled at the "remarkable" shift in public perception of same-sex marriage that she attributes to gays and lesbians being more open about their relationships. Same-sex couples can legally wed in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Bans that have been overturned in some other states continue to make their way through the courts.
"Having people close to us who say who they are that made the attitude change in this country," Ginsburg said at the University of Minnesota Law School.
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DocMac
(1,628 posts)Politicub
(12,163 posts)K&R
kmlisle
(276 posts)The Ban was overturned several times but the fundies in State Government are appealing and foot dragging.
My church plans a day of free weddings with all the trimmings for anyone who shows up to be married when it is finally legal. We are all waiting for the party to begin!
elleng
(130,156 posts)RKP5637
(67,032 posts)gay marriage is excellent! This was uplifting to hear!
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riqster
(13,986 posts)tclambert
(11,080 posts)Anything for the corporations. People? Not so much.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)has given the heaviest artillery imaginable to Justice Ginsburg and the other non-crazy members of the SCOTUS. My guess is that Kennedy and Roberts join the Sane Four so as to be on the right side of history, with Soapy Sam Alito, Fat Tony Scalia and Uncle Ruckus in dissent. And those dissents will be comedy gold.
elleng
(130,156 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)It is a thing of beauty. I have clerked for judges and when a judge adopts the barely-concealed sarcasm Posner uses to completely bury the WI/IND AGs s/he is unequivocally saying "This argument is so feathering derped I am going to explain why in painstaking detail so that even YOU can understand why."
elleng
(130,156 posts)have.'followed'Posner.for.years,including.before.he.was.a.judge,and.my.admiration.has.grown.