California's Prop 8 (gay marriage ban) ruled unconstitutional

Re:California's Prop 8 (gay marriage ban) ruled unconstituti... by erikpukinskis on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @06:04PM (#1576149)

Why would the SCOTUS want to get involved? Are they in the business of deciding whether state supreme courts are correctly interpreting their state constitutions?

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Re:California's Prop 8 (gay marriage ban) ruled unconstituti... by Locke1689 on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @06:14PM (#1576200)

Actually, had you actually read the ruling, you would have noticed that the primary foundation for the ruling was not the California state constitution, but the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses [US Constitution, Amendment XIV § 1].

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