Oral arguments in the Prop 8 case were scheduled to start at 10 a.m. ET and last one hour. TPM’s Sahil Kapur is in attendance. Look for his report shortly after the proceedings conclude.
Late Update: SCOTUSblog tweets:
Breaking: 1st update- #prop8 unlikely to be upheld; either struck down or #scotus won’t decide case. More in 30 mins.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 26, 2013
Unless this historically conservative Supreme Court pulls off a shocker and finds a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, we seem almost certainly headed toward a series of state-by-state skirmishes over the issue, which creates its own set of political risks and rewards.
While the speed with which public opinion has shifted on the issue is remarkable and the momentum (to extent there is such as thing as momentum in politics) seems to be on the side of gay rights advocates, a Supreme Court decision to kick the matter to the states essentially preserves the status quo. As you can see from this map, the status quo isn’t that great if you’re a non-coastal gay couple: Read More
