As the aftermath of such U.S. Supreme Court rulings as the 1954 school desegregation and 2008 Second Amendment cases show, landmark decisions rarely mark the end of litigation.

Unlike some veteran high court advocates who step into a case once review is granted and leave when it is finished, lawyers like Mary Bonauto, who scored success for same-sex couples in Obergefell v. Hodges, doggedly pursue enforcement in lower courts of the principles underlying their victories.

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