The SC didnt really strike it down. they just said that since the STATE refused to appeal the lower state court reversal, that "interested" third parties did not have standing to appeal the case, so that the lower court decision held.
which sounds legally like the "right" thing to do (consistant with previous rulings and previous courts) On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > SCOTUS refuses to rule on Prop 8 - letting the lower court ruling > overturning Prop 8 to stand.The 5 to 4 ruling strikes down California's > ban, while not disturbing bans in other states. > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-clears-way-for-same-sex-marriage-in-california/2013/06/26/87ddb4d0-d9ac-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_allComments.html?ctab=all_&; > > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:26 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > One down, one more to go. > > > > Very disappointed in Roberts. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > 5-4 Kennedy swing juror. Scalia, Alito Roberts and Thomas dissent. > > > > > > http://wwww.SCOTUSblog.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364937 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
