As the U.S. Supreme Court begins its 10th year with John Roberts as chief justice, there is the likelihood that it will return to the issues presented in some of its most important earlier rulings. The most high-profile decisions in the first nine years of the Roberts Court have involved marriage equality, the Affordable Care Act, campaign finance and civil rights. All may be back during October Term 2014.
In fact, the court began the new term on Oct. 6 by denying review of Court of Appeals decisions from the Fourth, Seventh and Tenth circuits that struck down state laws in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin prohibiting same-sex marriage. Although not a decision on the merits, the denial of certiorari in these cases means that same-sex couples now can marry in these states and in all of the states in these circuits, effectively adding Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming to the list of states where marriage equality exists.
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