Anti-Equality Activists make Last Ditch Effort to Block the Freedom to Marry in DC

March 02, 2010

Chris Geidner of MetroWeekly reports:

"Aided by lawyers from the national organization Alliance Defense Fund, Jackson filed a request for an immediate stay of the law with Chief Justice John Roberts, who is responsible for hearing appeals coming from the District. Roberts has the ability either to make the decision himself or to turn the matter over to the full court for a decision. ...Lawyers for the District responded on March 2, writing the case was not at a procedural point when the Supreme Court should take the case, it was not the type of case the Supreme Court hears, and – even if the Supreme Court did consider the matter – Jackson would not succeed on the merits of the case."

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