Two high-profile lawyers warn that conservatives are coming for marriage equality, and the courts, including SCOTUS, could give them what they want, TheRealNews.com reports. And they aren't just any lawyers: They're Joe Dunman and Dan Canon, two members of the legal team that successfully litigated for marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court case that made marriage equality legal in every American state. With the Supreme Court having stood back and allowed Texas' new law against abortion — the most restrictive in the nation — to come into effect, "GOP state legislatures smell blood in the water," Canon told the outlet, "and you'd better believe they're going to try to get away with whatever they can." "We could see a situation where life and liberty is very different between blue and red states," Canon added. Dunman had already issued a warning on Twitter about the ease with which the current Supreme Court, which boasts three Trump appointees — plus a system of lower courts that have been similarly packed with conservatives — could snatch marriage rights from millions of American families. "A state in the Fifth Circuit re-bans gay marriage, the Fifth Circuit defies Obergefell and upholds the ban, and SCOTUS grants cert.," Dunman posted, envisioning a theoretical sequence of all-too-plausible legal events. "Easily 5-4 to overrule, if not 6-3. No clever bounty system necessary!" Dunman added, referencing the Texas abortion law's novel strategy of making private citizens enforcers by empowering literally anyone at all to sue abortion providers and anyone who assists a woman in obtaining an abortion. Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ??️‍????? (?️: Kilian Melloy / @dragelruairi / ?: Getty)

Two high-profile lawyers warn that conservatives are coming for marriage equality, and the courts, including SCOTUS, could give them what they want, TheRealNews.com reports. And they aren't just any lawyers: They're Joe Dunman and Dan Canon, two members of the legal team that successfully litigated for marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court case that made marriage equality legal in every American state. With the Supreme Court having stood back and allowed Texas' new law against abortion — the most restrictive in the nation — to come into effect, "GOP state legislatures smell blood in the water," Canon told the outlet, "and you'd better believe they're going to try to get away with whatever they can." "We could see a situation where life and liberty is very different between blue and red states," Canon added. Dunman had already issued a warning on Twitter about the ease with which the current Supreme Court, which boasts three Trump appointees — plus a system of lower courts that have been similarly packed with conservatives — could snatch marriage rights from millions of American families. "A state in the Fifth Circuit re-bans gay marriage, the Fifth Circuit defies Obergefell and upholds the ban, and SCOTUS grants cert.," Dunman posted, envisioning a theoretical sequence of all-too-plausible legal events. "Easily 5-4 to overrule, if not 6-3. No clever bounty system necessary!" Dunman added, referencing the Texas abortion law's novel strategy of making private citizens enforcers by empowering literally anyone at all to sue abortion providers and anyone who assists a woman in obtaining an abortion. Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ??️‍????? (?️: Kilian Melloy / @dragelruairi / ?: Getty)