SCOTUSblog: Kennedy ‘Uncomfortable Striking Down Prop 8’

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy presides over arguments at "The Trial of Hamlet," a Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles representation of Hamlet's trial with a jury of 12 community members, including actors,... U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy presides over arguments at "The Trial of Hamlet," a Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles representation of Hamlet's trial with a jury of 12 community members, including actors, high school students, philanthropists and Los Angeles dignitaries at the University of Southern California Bovard Auditorium in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) MORE LESS
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In a second update to Tuesday’s Supreme Court oral arguments concerning California’s Proposition 8, the esteemed court-watching website SCOTUSblog announced on Twitter that Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered a swing vote on the issue, was “VERY uncomfortable striking down” the same-sex marriage ban: 

SCOTUSblog also speculates that, as of this moment, Prop 8 would likely be upheld:

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