• Hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      the court declines the vast majority of appeals. The executive branch wasn’t behind this appeal. It means a lot less than you or many in this thread think.

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        It means they’re playing politics and know they can’t irredeemably and personally piss off 10% of the country and most people under 40 in general.

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          Or using a case where a government employee refused to follow rules she disagreed with is not the precedent they want to set while banning gay marriage nationwide.