The Supreme Court Case meme
The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.
They probably meant SCOTUS, but too bad, they didn't say!
Re: Same-Sex Marriage doesn't look like a Supreme Court case because it's not v. anything, but that's because it's a reference question, (you can do that in Canada) which is when the government asks the SC, "Um, can we/they do that?" In this case, the answer was "yes," and 'that' was "Legislate to change the definition of marriage.' The government, (Conservative) was kind of hoping that the answer was no, but given their yes, they were forced to (or, at least, bowed to the inevitable) amend the definition of marriage in the Civil Marriage Act, legalizing equal marriage in Canada.
The court's decision is good reading, if you are a total dork, as I am.
My favourite SCOTUS decision, btw, is Brown v. Board of Education, but someone else will have to that.
They probably meant SCOTUS, but too bad, they didn't say!
Re: Same-Sex Marriage doesn't look like a Supreme Court case because it's not v. anything, but that's because it's a reference question, (you can do that in Canada) which is when the government asks the SC, "Um, can we/they do that?" In this case, the answer was "yes," and 'that' was "Legislate to change the definition of marriage.' The government, (Conservative) was kind of hoping that the answer was no, but given their yes, they were forced to (or, at least, bowed to the inevitable) amend the definition of marriage in the Civil Marriage Act, legalizing equal marriage in Canada.
The court's decision is good reading, if you are a total dork, as I am.
My favourite SCOTUS decision, btw, is Brown v. Board of Education, but someone else will have to that.