Despite concerns the conservative-shifted Supreme Court might revisit and overturn the 2015 Obergefell decision, the Court declined to hear a challenge to same-sex marriage and left the ruling intact. It describes the certiorari process—requiring four justices to agree to hear a case—and notes Justice Clarence Thomas’s Dobbs concurrence urging reconsideration of related precedents. Ron Meyers highlights in his article how the Court’s composition has changed since Obergefell and observes that, even with several conservative appointees, the justices did not secure the votes to reopen the issue. It concludes that while Obergefell could be revisited by a future Court, the current refusal signals the matter is treated as settled for now.
