TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Suzanne Craig Robertson on Oct 2, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court is staying silent -- for now -- on whether it will review the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, CNN Politics reports. The justices had been scheduled earlier this week to privately consider pending appeals from five states over their bans on such unions. But an orders list issued today indicated the court was not prepared to immediately review the core constitutional question: whether gays and lesbians have the same equal protection or due process right to wed, in all 50 states, as opposite-sex couples. Supporters on both sides of the issue had urged the court to jump into the political and legal debate now to define the limits of civil marriage, and the ability of 31 current states to keep their bans in place.