▲ 395 ▼ Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide (www.cnbc.com) submitted 9 months ago by vegeta@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 63 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) This makes me think they're about to give Trump a massive win on something. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago (1 child) the court declines the vast majority of appeals. The executive branch wasn't behind this appeal. It means a lot less than you or many in this thread think. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) It means they're playing politics and know they can't irredeemably and personally piss off 10% of the country and most people under 40 in general. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago Or using a case where a government employee refused to follow rules she disagreed with is not the precedent they want to set while banning gay marriage nationwide. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago (1 child) the court declines the vast majority of appeals. The executive branch wasn't behind this appeal. It means a lot less than you or many in this thread think. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) It means they're playing politics and know they can't irredeemably and personally piss off 10% of the country and most people under 40 in general. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago Or using a case where a government employee refused to follow rules she disagreed with is not the precedent they want to set while banning gay marriage nationwide. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) It means they're playing politics and know they can't irredeemably and personally piss off 10% of the country and most people under 40 in general. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago Or using a case where a government employee refused to follow rules she disagreed with is not the precedent they want to set while banning gay marriage nationwide. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago Or using a case where a government employee refused to follow rules she disagreed with is not the precedent they want to set while banning gay marriage nationwide. permalink fedilink source parent