The 9th circuit ruled in the ID and NV cases, striking down their same sex marriage bans. Getting to all 50 a LOT faster than I would ever have expected.
This means the bans in Alaska, Arizona and Montana will also presumably go soon, since an appeal to the Supreme Court would be futile in light of recent events.
Colorado as well, by the state supreme court.
[Recently nailed by this myself]
The title is ambiguous-“go down” could be misconstrued as “go into effect”…
I read (somewhere) that because all circuit courts who have heard cases objecting to SSM and struck them down, that this is the reason the SCOTUS did not take up the issue. If there was dissension among these courts, well …
Ok, struck down.
What’s curious is that Idaho asked for the stay but Kennedy appears to have included Nevada in his order. AG Cortez-Mateo is seeking clarification, but as of now no marriage licenses are being issued to gay couples in Nevada.
The cases specifically stayed are:
Sevcik v. Sandoval (12-17668), which is in Nevada
Latta v. Otter (14-35420 & 14-35421 - not sure why there are two of them; Latta is the plaintiff in both cases), which are in Idaho
Note that Idaho’s and Nevada’s laws went beyond simply banning same-sex marriage; they stated that same-sex marriages in other states would not be recognized.
I think that both states are included because Tuesday’s Ninth Circuit ruling applies to the cases in both states.
I attach an entirely different meaning to “go down.”
Aye, I knew all that. But my Gov. and AG both had stated publicly that they would no longer fight to preserve the Nevada amendment, so it was curious that Kennedy would include Nevada in the stay. He’s since corrected his error.
Is that you, Elton John?