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“On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to take on the issue of gay marriage – and by doing so, essentially greenlit same-sex marriage across the nation, encouraging low-level courts to continue knocking down traditional marriage laws across the country. This is the beauty of Supreme Court doctrine: they don’t even have to do their judicial dirty work anymore. They can …

“The high court’s denial of our Wisconsin case and these other cases is profoundly disappointing. However, at some point the US Supreme Court will take a case on this issue. Wisconsin’s marriage amendment is on hold, but should the Court ultimately rule that the US Constitution does give the states the right to determine for themselves what marriage is, our …

Via USA Today: The Supreme Court refused to get involved in the national debate over same-sex marriage Monday, leaving intact lower court rulings that will legalize the practice in 11 additional states. The unexpected decision by the justices, announced without further explanation, immediately affects five states in which federal appeals courts had struck down bans against gay marriage: Virginia, Indiana, …

Clip recap: “The Supreme Court hasn’t made a move on marriage yet. We’ll take a look at what they might be waiting for. US Attorney General Eric Holder reveals the Department of Justice’s plans to support marriage equality. We have hearings coming up in Alaska, Louisiana, and Texas. And the National Organization for Marriage makes another desperate move in Oregon.”

Lyle Denniston writes at SCOTUSblog: It would be hard to find a close, or perhaps even a casual, observer of the Court who would predict with any confidence that the Court will deny review of all seven pending filings on same-sex marriage, from five states. The Court actually has been quite active on the issue this year: on three occasions, …

Via the Wall Street Journal: A coy Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia fielded questions about marijuana legalization and same-sex marriage and defended the role of religion in public life during a visit to Colorado on Wednesday. After giving a speech against the concept of an evolving Constitution, Justice Scalia at the University of Colorado was asked by a high school …

Earlier this week we were told that the next round of news wouldn’t come until Monday at the earliest. Obviously, that wasn’t true.

Acting on a 5-4 vote, SCOTUS issued an order allowing Ohio officials to cut early voting in the state by a week. http://t.co/2iYUbXLNWS — POLITICO (@politico) September 30, 2014 Rush says ‘Left loves early voting; lets them know; how many votes they need to find’ #SCOTUS #TCOT— Rufus Putnum (@RufusPutnum) September 30, 2014

Freedom To Marry reports on a just-released poll they commissioned in Utah: A plurality of Utahns – 49% to 48% – agree that same sex-couples should be allowed to get a state-issued marriage license. Moreover, 61% believe legalizing marriage for same-sex couples in Utah is inevitable and will happen in the state within the next five years. And, by a …

A reminder from Lambda Legal: On September 29, the Supreme Court will assemble for a private conference where they will take their first look at potentially hearing one or more of the pending cases. All of the marriage cases decided by the federal courts of appeal since the DOMA ruling are scheduled for this conference. Seven petitions to hear the …

“I expect that the Justice Department will file a brief and the brief will be consistent with the positions that we have taken in the past in support of same-sex marriage. I can’t imagine that that would be — that we would take any other position in — while this president is in office, and certainly as long as I …

NBC News correspondent Pete Williams reported tonight that Attorney General Eric Holder will ask the Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. Activists have gotten louder in recent weeks with calls for the Department of Justice to make this move. The Human Rights Campaign reacts via press release: “Once again, Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama Administration have stood …

Via press release: Kayla Moore, President of the Montgomery-based Foundation for Moral Law, today called upon U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to recuse themselves from a case involving same-sex marriage because each of these Justices has personally performed a same-sex marriage. “Justice Kagan’s actions are especially improper,” Ms. Moore said, “because she performed this same-sex …

The New York Times reports on the “dueling” going on to be the legal team to argue for same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court. In a half-dozen briefs filed in recent weeks, some of the best lawyers in the nation spent many pages arguing that their case was the right one in which to establish a nationwide right to same-sex …