Constitutional Law
Aug. 26, 2014
Marriage battle lines more clearly drawn
The U.S. Supreme Court stayed of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' recent 2-1 decision holding that Virginia's limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violates the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The U.S. Supreme Court's stay of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' recent 2-1 decision holding that Virginia's limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violates the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (McQuigg v. Bostic, 14A196) follows on the heels of a similar U.S. Supreme Court stay in the Utah case, when the district court refused to stay its ruling overturning Utah's opposite-sex only marriage law (Kitchen v. Herbert, 13A687). Such stays are issued to preserv...
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