This is interesting - in response to a ruling earlier this week in the 9th Circuit which analyzed the Windsor v US ruling and found that it implies heightened scrutiny in regards to sexual orientation, the Nevada AG is going back to the drawing board on the Sevcik v Sandoval marriage equality case:
http://ag.nv.gov/...
A potentially significant case was decided by the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday of this week, the same day that a brief was filed on behalf of the State in Nevada’s same-sex marriage case. The Ninth Circuit’s new decision, entitled SmithKline Beechum Corp. v. Abbott Laboratories, appears to impact the equal protection and due process arguments made on behalf of the State. After careful review of the SmithKline decision these arguments are likely no longer tenable in the Ninth Circuit.
This office will conduct further review over the weekend in order to evaluate the State’s argument in light of SmithKline. We will be discussing this with the Governor’s Office next week.
There was an earlier diary discussing the 9th Circuit ruling itself:
http://www.dailykos.com/...