In his dissent on the gay marriage ruling, Justice Scalia rips the majority for its pretension and egoism, but he also is dismissive of its East Coast, Ivy League, New York City composition, calling the court a “select, patrician, highly unrepresentative panel of nine”:
Mike Huckabee is already out with a defiant statement declaring that he will not “acquiesce to an imperial court.” Here’s our rundown of all the threats of civil disobedience and open defiance from conservatives over the anticipated gay marriage even before the Court’s ruling today.
In a single week, the rebel flag is toast, Obamacare is vindicated, marriage equality becomes law. It’s a trifecta for Obama and he hasn’t even declared his Caliphate yet.
President Obama is about to speak on the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling. Watch.
Full video of Obama’s remarks on the gay marriage decision. Watch.
Special bonus: CNN captures Obama talking by phone to the lead plaintiff, who was outside the Supreme Court shortly after the ruling.
Antonin Scalia’s rabid dissent on gay marriage is getting most of the attention, but John Roberts’ dissent is more thoughtful and at the same time more bleak and even foreboding. He claims LGBT couples have “lost forever” with the Supreme Court’s decision:
The Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage will kick off a whole new wave of LGBT marriages, particularly in the 15 states where it was illegal before today. Even before today’s decision, advocates for marriage equality were girding for the next step in the legal battle, which includes forcing local officials to duly issue marriage licenses, fighting off last-ditch lawsuits, and otherwise clearing out all the underbrush that could block the path for LGBT couples exercising their hard-won constitutional right to marry.
We’re following that story closely. If you see open defiance of the Supreme Court’s decision — everything from county clerks refusing to issue licenses to attorneys general going back to the courts to candidates vowing to ignore the Supreme Court — send us an email. We’re tracking these developments across the country and want to see what you’re seeing.
Where was gay marriage illegal before today’s Supreme Court ruling?
LGBT legal advocacy groups now moving to make sure the Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision is enforced nationwide, county by county.