Supreme Court Sets Date for Critical Session

[William769]

The nation's highest court will take a first look at several LGBT-related cases in a private meeting September 24.

In a private meeting September 24, the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court will take a first look at several cases regarding marriage equality, including California's Proposition 8, according to SCOTUSblog.

The September 24 meeting will not produce a ruling Hollingsworth v. Perry — the federal challenge to California's voter-approved Proposition 8, which revoked marriage equality in the state — but could result in the Supreme Court scheduling a date to hear the case.

"It is predictable, but not a certainty, that the Court will step into the heated controversy over same-sex marriage in its new Term," writes Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog. "That's because several federal courts have struck down a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act, passed by Congress in 1996 in an attempt to head off what the lawmakers thought was a spreading movement in the states to create an equal right for same-sex couples to wed. DOMA's Section 3 — affecting more than 1,000 federal laws — restricts marriage benefits or provisions in any federal statute to marriages of a man and a woman."

The court will make an initial examination not only of the Prop. 8 case but also of a similar case in Arizona regarding whether voters can revoke marriage-like rights that have been granted by a court or legislature.

http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2012/09/06/supreme-court-sets-date-critical-session

Let's hope that this session is a domino effect and all goes well.

[LeftofObama]

1. Thanks for posting that.

I've been wondering when the SCOTUS would hear any of the glbt cases. I guess we'll soon find out.