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The U.S. Supreme Court, politics, and same-sex marriage.

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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Once again, today, America's highest court failed to announce any plan to take up one or more cases involving the legalization of same-sex marriage.

Now it's expected to do so on Friday.

Will the justices be paying attention to last month's votes on the issue in four states?

Should fundamental questions of civil rights and morality be decided by voters rather than

unelected judges?

Should they be left to the states?

We'll look at the high court's options and at the political ramifications, especially for the Republican Party.

On reporter's notebook later on, could deadly violence result from brain damage in professional football?

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Hello again, Mormon-A-Lony, back with To the Point. Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court watchdogs are playing a waiting game in regard to

same-sex marriage. As the justices work out their differences behind closed doors, we'll look at the

options and the potential consequences for the law and for politics, depending on which of many

cases they decide to take up. On reporter's notebook, this weekend's case of murder and suicide raises

familiar questions about brain damage and professional football.

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