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from our wire: U.S. JUSTICES SIGNAL INTEREST IN STRIKING DOWN U.S. MARRIAGE LAW AS VIOLATING STATES’ RIGHTS – RTRS
RT @SCOTUSblog: Final update: #scotus 80% likely to strike down #doma. Kennedy suggests violates state rights; 4 Justices see as gay rights.
Conservatives want DOMA defended: RT @David_Ingram: Here’s my story from the 1st of today’s S. Court’s arguments: http://t.co/Z83ErV3tjI
RT @SCOTUSblog: Update: J Kennedy asks two questions doubting #doma validity but nothing decisive and Chief Justice and Kagan yet to speak.
from our wire: .S. SUPREME COURT CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES SAY TROUBLED BY OBAMA REFUSAL TO DEFEND MARRIAGE LAW – RTRS
Court’s nearly half an hour into second day or oral arguments on #samesexmarriage. Reuters has a liveblog here: http://t.co/pRlq24H62s
Update from @david_ingram and @lawrencehurley coming. Includes Alito cautioning gay marriage is “newer than cellphones and the Internet.”
From @rickjacobs: On standing Sotomayor asked Olson: Who ensures that a law is defended if a state’s executive decides it won’t do so?
RT @David_Ingram: Kennedy agreed with Scalia on science, saying is so new, but he said kids in Calif want full status for their gay parents
Gay rights leader: RT @rickjacobs: I just left the Supreme Court: here’s my first take on the Justices’ questions http://t.co/8lGH1SukgC
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