By Rachael Marcus, Kelly Dunleavy O’Mara, Jon Brooks and KQED News Staff, KQED News Fix
We are fast nearing a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban. The court does not announce in advance which opinions it will release on which days, but the last scheduled date for opinions to come down is June 27, though the court could stretch the wait out beyond that date. Many Supreme Court observers believe the court will take as long as possible on the same-sex marriage cases, as it often does with potentially landmark decisions.
Still, there’s a possibility we could get a decision as soon as Thursday. UC Davis law professor and Supreme Court blog analyst Vikram Amar told us that would not be entirely unusual, pointing to Citizens United and Romer v. Evans, another key LGBT rights case, among a host of others that came down relatively early.
As you await the decision, here is an updated reposting of our Prop. 8-at-Supreme Court primer, which we first published in March, when the case was heard.
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