LITTLE ROCK, AR — Two more Arkansas Supreme Court justices have recused themselves from a hearing on the case challenging the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
Chief Justice Jim Hannah and Justice Paul Danielson will not be involved in the new case ordered by the court last week to re-hear arguments.
The court first heard the case last November after a lower court struck down the ban months earlier.
A new round of arguments was ordered because new justices have been elected since the previous hearing.
Justice Danielson says by doing so, the court “manufactured a case” where no controversy exists.
Regardless of the state court’s decision, a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Same-Sex marriage is expected this summer.
Their ruling will be the final determination of whether states can ban it.
You can read the letters from both justices attached to this article.
