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SHOCKING: Obergefell | Mind Blowing Facts

Progressives continue to bemoan the Roberts Court's supposed "illegitimacy." But a case they venerate remains the measuring stick for judicial hubris.

Reason

Republican support for marriage equality, LGBTQ+ rights sinks: poll

Just some four years ago, more than half of Republicans backed same-sex marriage.

Axios

State and federal courts have overturned 2.3% of state ballot measures since 1995

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Substantive Due Process After Mirabelli

Dobbs didn't end SDP, but instead reoriented it to the Glucksberg history and tradition test.

Reason

Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriage

Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

The Texas Tribune

Brandi Carlile's daughter feared having no parents if Obergefell v. Hodges was overturned

Brandi Carlile revealed that her daughter Evangeline's fear of losing her parents if marriage equality were overturned in the US left her in tears.

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Kim Davis Fines Top $360,000 as Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Over Same-Sex Marriage Case

Kim Davis challenged the Supreme Court to overturn its decision and absolve her of any liability for not issuing same-sex marriage licenses.

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Good news, the Supreme Court isn’t even going to consider overturning same sex marriage

They didn't even give it the time of day.

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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Obergefell

This result is unsurprising, and was predicted by most analysts, including myself.

Reason

The Latest: Supreme Court upholds its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide

The Independent UK

Supreme Court takes swift action on Kim Davis bid to overturn same-sex marriage

Justices deny longshot attempt to overturn Obergefell v Hodges

The Independent UK

Faith vs Freedom: Kentucky Case Could Reignite America's Gay Marriage Culture War

The US Supreme Court is considering whether to hear an appeal that could challenge the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling on same‑sex marriage.

International Business Times UK

Will the US Supreme Court consider a request to overturn same-sex marriage?

It’s been a decade since the US Supreme Court recognised a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in the landmark case, Obergefell v Hodges. The US Supreme Court will meet today to consider a request to overturn that 2015 decision.

The Conversation

Supreme Court takes first steps to ban gay marriage, will vote on hearing case in early November

And it's not looking good.

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The Law No Longer Listens To Justice Kennedy

Justice Kennedy's new book reminds me how grateful I am the law no longer listens to him.

Reason

Is Gay Marriage Really Under Threat at the Supreme Court?

Asking SCOTUS to hear a case is not the same thing as convincing SCOTUS to hear a case.

Reason

Why the Supreme Court is Highly Unlikely to Overturn Obergefell in the Kim Davis Case

My Cato Institute colleague Walter Olson explains.

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Supreme Court Petition Seeks to Revisit Landmark Same Sex Marriage

The Supreme Court has been formally asked to overturn same-sex marriage by a county clerk who was jailed for refusing licenses to same-sex couples

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International Business Times UK

Kim Davis Supreme Court Showdown: Could This Be the End of Gay Marriage in America?

Former clerk Kim Davis takes gay marriage battle to the Supreme Court, challenging Obergefell v. Hodges and sparking fresh legal and political clashes.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court asked to hear case that could upend same-sex marriage and absolve Kentucky clerk who refused to issue a license

The former county clerk says she should’ve been protected by the First Amendment and that a landmark 2015 ruling establishing same-sex marriage rights was wrongly decided

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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi 'looking into' getting remarried in UK

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are considering getting remarried in the UK after Southern Baptists voted to endorse a resolution that would look to overturn Obergefell v Hodges - the Supreme Court case that legalised same-sex marriage across the US in June 2015 - last month.

Reason

The Chutzpah of Justice Kennedy Lecturing Us About Democracy on June 26

"Those who founded our country would not recognize [Justice Kennedy's] conception of the judicial role."

Reason

Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges - A Great Civil Rights Milestone that Could be Even Better

The Supreme Court's ruling striking down laws banning same-sex marriage was a great victory for liberty and equality. But it should have been based on better legal reasoning.

Reason

The Promise and Pitfalls of Justice Barrett's Skrmetti Concurrence

Justice Barrett rehabilitates Footnote 4, gives credence to Justice Kennedy's animus jurisprudence, and all but says that gays who were affected by a "legacy of de jure discrimination" are a suspect class.

The Conversation

Expansion of marriage rights to same-sex couples also expanded access to the psychological benefits that come with tying the knot

Marriage and the ability to start a family are human rights. Ten years ago, on June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case extended the right to marry to same-sex couples.

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