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What was the decision of the Supreme Court in Obergefell V Hodges the Supreme Court?

What was the decision of the Supreme Court in Obergefell V Hodges the Supreme Court?

On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 5–4 decision that the Fourteenth Amendment requires all states to grant same-sex marriages and recognize same-sex marriages granted in other states.

What section is states Cannot discriminate against citizens of other states?

The Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, Section 2 of the Constitution states that “the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.” This clause protects fundamental rights of individual citizens and restrains state efforts to discriminate …

Can two states merge?

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the …

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Does the Supreme Court make laws that are unconstitutional?

Yes and no. Yes, the courts don’t technically make laws, but they can invalidate them. If the Supreme Court finds the State bans on Same-sex Marriage are unconstitutional, then the laws will no longer be enforced. Likewise, states will start issuing marriage licenses in Ohio, Michigan, and elsewhere, where the appeals courts upheld their bans.

Are the Supreme Court’s decisions law?

While our current public office holders may be sufficiently duped and cowed so as to treat the Court’s decisions as law, the fact is that the Supreme Court cannot make law and its decisions are not law, they are merely “opinions” applicable only to the parties to the case at hand.

Can the Supreme Court invalidate a law?

Bob: Yes and no. Yes, the courts don’t technically make laws, but they can invalidate them. If the Supreme Court finds the State bans on Same-sex Marriage are unconstitutional, then the laws will no longer be enforced.

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What does justice under law mean in the Supreme Court?

“EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW”-These words, written above the main entrance to the Supreme Court Building, express the ultimate responsibility of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court is the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States.

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