After meeting Monday for its first closed-door conference to begin
deciding which cases to hear this year, the Supreme Court this morning
announced the first round. No same-sex marriage case was among those
granted certiorari -- a hearing.
"So to clarify, the Court did not act on any of the same-sex marriage cases," SCOTUSblog's Amy Howe explains.
"This could mean a couple of different things. It could mean that the
petitions will be denied when the Court issues the rest of the orders
from Monday's conference -- probably on Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. It
could also mean that the Justices are taking more time to look at the
cases: there are seven different petitions, involving a couple of
different issues and different stances by state officials. Even if there
are four votes to take up the issue, they may need additional time to
figure out which case(s) and which question(s). The next conference is
scheduled for next Friday, October 10, so if review is not denied on
Monday, October 6, we likely would not hear anything until Tuesday,
October 14 (because October 13 is a federal holiday)."
In other words, we wait.
The Justices are looking at a same-sex marriage cases in Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin.
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