Read the following article from the Los Angeles Times about media coverage of the SCOTUS.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gay-marriage-20130222,0,1391299.story
Write a 2 paragraph summary of the article and then answer the following questions.
1. How have groups urged the Obama Administration to get involved in this California case?
2. What is Obama doing when he states his personal view on the situation?
3. What precedent did the Circuit Court of Appeals set?
4. What would be the impact of a SCOTUS decision striking down Proposition 8?
5. Why would this impact be limited? Where in the Constitution would you find the basis for this limit?
6. What federal law will be challenged in the Court next month?
7. If that law is overturned, what would the impact be nationwide?
8. How is the Obama Administration expected to get involved in that case?
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