On June 26th, 2015 the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United States with a vote of 5-4, a decision that has had both positive and negative reception (see NYC Celebration).
Prior to this decision, many states had already legalized same-sex marriage but a few states persisted in their attempts to keep gay marriage illegal. In a case known as Obergefell v. Hodges, a gay couple who resided in Ohio had to travel to Maryland in order to get married and when they returned, the state of Ohio treated them in a manner that the Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional. So unconstitutional in fact, that the Supreme Court decided to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
I am not here to say whether or not I agree with the Supreme Court's decision, that's a different debate; but what I'm interested to know is: Do you guys (members of AP Gov) feel that the Supreme Court has too much power? Or perhaps too much authority? Should the Judicial Branch be scaled back or is their amount of power appropriate? Thoughts??
