sandra day o'connor is currently the longest serving supreme court justice.
sandra day o'connor is currently the longest serving supreme court justice.
who is currently the longest serving supreme court justice?
sandra day o'connor
also in 2014, monroe county, florida, legalized same-sex marriages, but the ruling was stayed. later that year miami-dade circuit judge sarah zabel legalized same-sex marriage in florida, but the ruling was stayed. shortly afterward, two more judges legalized same-sex marriage in florida, but their rulings were stayed. toward the end of july 2014, the fourth circuit court of appeals (covering maryland, virginia, and the carolinas) ruled against virginia's gay marriage ban, but the ruling was stayed. however, in august 2014 a state court in kingston, tennessee, became the first to uphold a state ban on gay marriage since the supreme court’s decision in 2013 in "united states v. windsor". also, in september 2014 a federal judge upheld louisiana's ban on same-sex marriages, which was the first such loss for lgbt rights in federal court since the supreme court’s decision in 2013 in "united states v. windsor". but slightly later the 7th circuit court of appeals legalized same-sex marriage in indiana and wisconsin, although the decision did not take effect then. also, louisiana legalized same-sex marriage in september 2014, but the ruling did not take effect then. in october 2014, the supreme court declined to hear the seven cases regarding same-sex marriage in indiana, oklahoma, utah, virginia, and wisconsin, which meant lower court decisions ruling in favor of same-sex marriage stood, and therefore same-sex marriage then became legal in those states. shortly later that month, the 9th circuit court of appeals in san francisco declared same-sex marriage legal in idaho and nevada, but supreme court justice anthony kennedy temporarily blocked that ruling for idaho. shortly later a private group that had led the legal fight to defend the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage withdrew its pending appeal for a stay with the supreme court, and thus same-sex marriage became legal in nevada. nevada state sen. kelvin atkinson and sherwood howard were the first same-sex couple to marry in nevada. also in october 2014, a federal judge legalized same-sex marriage in north carolina; although his federal judicial district only covers the western third of the state, north carolina attorney general roy cooper said that the federal ruling applied statewide. also that month attorney general patrick morrisey announced he would no longer fight a challenge to west virginia's same-sex marriage ban, and thus same-sex marriage was legalized in west virginia. same-sex marriage was also legalized in alaska, arizona, colorado, idaho, and wyoming that month. in november 2014, same-sex marriage was legalized in kansas, but supreme court justice sonia sotomayor issued an order temporarily blocking it. the order was lifted later that month; although kansas attorney general derek schmidt said that a separate lawsuit he filed with the state supreme court should prevent gay marriage in all but the two counties that were home to cases covered in the ruling from the nation's capital (douglas and sedgwick counties) couples beyond douglas and sedgwick counties picked up marriage licenses also. later in november 2014 the kansas supreme court ruled that johnson county could issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and left it to the federal courts to determine whether a kansas ban on same-sex marriage violated the u.s. constitution. derek schmidt then asked the 10th circuit court of appeals for an en banc hearing on the kansas same-sex marriage ban, but the 10th circuit refused. also in november 2014, same-sex marriage was legalized in montana and south carolina, although the ruling in south carolina was stayed until later that month. kayla bennett and kristin anderson were the first same-sex couple to be married in south carolina. that same month, same-sex marriage was legalized in arkansas and mississippi, but the rulings were stayed. also in november 2014, st. louis circuit judge rex burlison ruled that missourians in same sex relationships have the right to marry, and st. louis county began complying with that ruling, as shortly after jackson county also did. but the judge who issued the ruling striking down missouri's same-sex marriage ban stayed its order directing jackson county to issue licenses to same-sex couples. also in november 2014, the sixth circuit court of appeals upheld bans on same-sex marriage in kentucky, ohio, tennessee, and michigan, marking the first time since the supreme court's rulings in "windsor v. u.s." and "hollingsworth v. perry" (both of which were in favor of same-sex marriage) that any federal appeals court upheld a state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
history of lesbianism in the united states
fayt was appointed to the supreme court by the new democratic government of president raúl alfonsín in 1983, despite never having served as a judge. in the 1990s, when president carlos menem had increased the size of the court and appointed several sympathetic justices, fayt was one of those who generally opposed the majority view. fayt is the longest serving supreme court justice in argentina ever. he had previously been approached by president arturo illia in the 1960s to join the supreme court, but had turned the role down on that occasion. from july 2003 he presided over the court for some months.
carlos fayt