He emphasized the court's recognition of Mr. Bush's authority rather than the limits on it imposed by the ruling.
Same-sex couples in Wisconsin, Indiana and Florida are still in court, seeking recognition of their marriages in order to obtain two-parent birth certificates for their children.
"We appreciate the court's recognition of the enormous disruption that would have resulted if implementation of the Affordable Care Act was abruptly halted," said Tracy Schmaler, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department.
Probably the most important thing about Rasul was an incidental side effect: the Court's recognition of judicial review effectively meant that lawyers were, for the first time, able to get to Guantánamo.
Roe v. Wade 1973 Established the legality of abortion on the basis of the court's recognition of a constitutional right of privacy implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
He talked of the highest Massachusetts court's recognition of gay marriage, San Francisco officials' decision to grant marriage licenses to gay couples and a New Mexico county's doing the same thing.
Donna R. Newman, a lawyer for Mr. Padilla who has been unable to meet with him since June, said the court's recognition of the right to counsel is "significant for Mr. Padilla, and it's significant for all citizens".
Thus landowners who wanted to establish their rightful titles would often use fictitious tenants to maintain the ejectment action; because a determination of the legal validity of the landlord's title was necessary to establish a tenant's right to possession, the important outcome of the action, in many cases, was the court's recognition of the landlord's lawful title.
"The court's recognition that O.C.F.S. cannot treat children this way is part and parcel of a culture of abusive practices that is not rehabilitative and does not recognize that these are children who are in the care of the state," said Nancy Rosenbloom, the Legal Aid lawyer leading the case.
Texas proved pivotal in starting the Court's recognition of legal equality for LGBTs.
That opinion turned on the Court's recognition of our evolving standards of decency.
