You do know liberal supreme court justices tend to tell the states to "go fuck themselves" in favor of federal power.
Of course that doesnt apply to the right to bear arms, which is actually in the consitution.
I do know that.
I believe the hope is that in 4 years, the court will be in the position to rule in favor of gay marriage under the equal protection clause.
Oh, god, not that again. Where does equal protection end? If you carry that clause to its extreme I should be able to abort a baby I made because denying me that right denies me equal protection. Or at least I should be spared from paternity.
I'm sure someone will come along to debate this with you, but I have no plans to. I'm simply stating that the gay marrige issue and Obama was to get a more liberal supreme court. Not that anyone (save for total nutters) thought he was going to pass any sort of legislation.