Droits des homosexuels et Cour Suprême: quel héritage?

On considère généralement que les interprétations de la Cour Suprême aux États-Unis sont influencées par la présence de cinq juges plus conservateurs parmi les neufs membres de l'institution. Ces préjugés sont-ils vérifiables dans la réalité? Plusieurs décisions de la nouvelle session auront un impact majeur sur l'héritage du plus haut tribunal. Globalement les décisions sont plus conservatrices depuis que John Roberts est le juge en chef.

 "“If the court establishes a right to same-sex marriage . . . [it] will go down in history as one that was on the frontiers of establishing rights for gays and lesbians,” said David A. Strauss, a constitutional-law scholar at the University of Chicago.

“The rough idea would be that the Roberts court would be to the rights of gays and lesbians what the Warren court was on race issues.”

That would seem an unlikely outcome for a court that has moved to the right since Roberts joined it as chief justice nine years ago.

Along with his fellow George W. Bush nominee, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., Roberts has been part of a five-justice majority, including Kennedy, that has staked out conservative positions on abortion, affirmative action, campaign finance restrictions and government accommodation of religion. It is widely seen as solicitous of corporate interests.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/as-supreme-court-term-begins-prospect-of-a-gay-marriage-ruling-looms-large/2014/10/04/8d0df452-4bbf-11e4-891d-713f052086a0_story.html?hpid=z2