David Boies: Prop 8 Ruling Means Marriage Equality Will Soon Be Law Of The Land
Attorney David Boies said Wednesday that the Supreme Court's decision that it lacked jurisdiction to rule on the constitutionality California's Proposition 8 represents a harbinger for nationwide marriage equality.
Boies was one part of the legal team that argued against Prop 8, the 2008 ban on same-sex marriage in California. The court punted the case back to California, effectively invalidating Prop 8 in the state.
"In the California case, the Supreme Court held that the proponents of Proposition 8 did not have standing," Boies said. "What that means is that in that case, the Supreme Court could not reach the merits. But everything that the Supreme Court said in the Defense of Marriage Opinion where they did reach the merits, demonstrates that when that case finally does come to the United States Supreme Court on the merits, marriage equality will be the law throughout this land."
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