North Dakota Legislature close to asking US Supreme Court to undo landmark same-sex marriage ruling

North Dakota Senate rejects resolution asking Supreme Court to reverse same-sex marriage ruling

The North Dakota Senate on Thursday rejected a resolution that would have asked the Supreme Court to revisit its landmark 2015 ruling on marriage equality. Senators voted 31-16 against the resolution, introduced in January by Republican state Rep. Bill Tveit. It would have called on the Supreme Court to overturn its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges…

North Dakota Senate rejects resolution seeking to overturn marriage equality

The North Dakota Senate has rejected a resolution asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality. The state Senate voted Thursday to reject a resolution that would have urged the nation's highest court to reconsider its 2015 ruling establishing marriage equality, Obergefell v. Hodges. The resolution, which was approved by the state House of Representatives, failed to pass the Senate in a 16-31 vote after only ten minutes of debate.“…

North Dakota lawmakers throw out resolution against same-sex marriage: What to know

A resolution considered – and later rejected – by North Dakota lawmakers would have urged the high court to overturn its same-sex marriage ruling.

North Dakota Senate rejects resolution to overturn same-sex marriage

The state senate in North Dakota has rejected a resolution which would have asked the US Supreme Court to overturn its historic ruling on gay marriage. The Republican-sponsored resolution moved to the Senate after it was passed by 52 votes to 40 in the North Dakota House of Representatives back in February. It described the 2015 ruling in Obergefell vs Hodges – which legalised same-sex marriage across the US – a “flawed… illegitimate overreach […

N.D. Senate votes to reject bill using non-recorded roll call vote

(BISMARCK, ND) — An unusual situation happened in the North Dakota Senate. House Concurrent Resolution 3013, which would have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to restore the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman. Senator Diane Larson, a Republican from Bismarck, requested a verification vote. “We ask that each Senator, based the information they already have and already know, that they vote the way they think is best,” Larson s…

Lawmakers Soon May Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. (File photo by Will Dunham/REUTERS) North Dakota lawmakers are on the verge of making their state the first to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its decade-old ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Similar efforts — which would not have any direct sway with the nation’s top courts — have been introduced in a handful of states this year. North Dakota’s resolution passed the Republi…