Supreme Court rejects Va. request for stay on sodomy law

[William769]

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday denied a request by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli that a lower court ruling overturning the state’s sodomy law be put on hold while the Supreme Court decides whether to hear Cuccinelli’s appeal.

Roberts, acting on behalf of the full court, did not issue an explanation for his denial of the request for a stay of a decision in March by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond that declared Virginia’s Crimes Against Nature, or sodomy law, unconstitutional.

Cuccinelli asked the high court to put a stay on the Fourth Circuit ruling shortly after he filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to hear his appeal of the ruling. The high court was expected to decide later this year or early next year whether to hear the case. If it decides against hearing the case, the Fourth Circuit Appeals Court ruling remains in place.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/08/09/supreme-court-rejects-va-request-for-stay-on-sodomy-law/

[Drale]

1. Um didn't SCOTUS already rule all Sodomy Laws unconstitutional years ago? /nt

[William769]

2. Some people didn't get the memo.

Just ask the Sheriff in Arizona.

[Drale]

3. Oh Arpaio knows whats going on,

he just doesn't care because he believes he's above the law, the government and the SCOTUS.

[theHandpuppet]

4. Cuccinelli is a sexist, homophobic PIG

If you know anything about him, you'll know he will never give up his attacks on women and GLBTs. The man is driven by his own medieval brand of conservative Catholicism and is obsessed with others' sex lives... or at least, that people shouldn't have sex lives unless it's for procreation between married heterosexuals. This is a nutcase to keep your eye on, since he has ambitions for the national stage.