01/13/10 SCOTUS Blog, by Lyle Denniston:
Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked any television broadcast to the general public of the San Francisco federal court challenge to California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The stay will remain in effect until the Court rules on a coming appeal challenging the TV order.Does the Court plan to delay a ruling until the issue becomes practically moot for the trial?
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Yes, that will be the effect of today's decision. Its ruling might as well be on the merits. It is possible that the Court could ultimately decide otherwise, but that would be long after the trial, so there could still be broadcasts. But I very much doubt it.
The decision was ostensibly reached on procedural grounds. My thoughts are on my blog site: http://wordinedgewise.org
Does the Court plan to delay a ruling until the issue becomes practically moot for the trial?
SCOTUS won't issue another order until well after the trial. There isn't even a petition for them to consider. If the court acts again, it won't be for several months at the earliest.
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