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One way or the other, the Supreme Court’s ruling this June in the same-sex marriage cases will make history. The plaintiffs seem sure to win the narrower claim that one state must recognize a same-sex marriage license validly issued in another.
William N. Eskridge Jr. is the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School. The Supreme Court’s decision to grant review of the four petitions challenging marriage exclusions for lesbian and gay couples in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee comes as no surprise.
Larry Joseph serves as outside counsel to the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund.
David B. Cruz is a Professor of Law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. On the eve of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend, the Supreme Court has granted review in all four cases from the Sixth Circuit where same-sex couples were denied the right to marry or to have their lawful marriages recognized.
Andrew Brasher is the Solicitor General of Alabama. As someone who currently defends the constitutionality of state laws for a living, I’m glad the Supreme Court has decided to grant certiorari.
Austin Nimocks is Senior Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom. The people of every state should remain free to affirm marriage as the union of a man and a woman in their laws.
Steve Sanders teaches constitutional law, constitutional litigation, and family law at the Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington.