User blog comment:MEffect Fan/California VG law/@comment-217683-20101101232832/@comment-217683-20101101233950

No... even though it has been taken to the Supreme Court, it still only affects California. When the Supreme Court rules on a law that is only in effect in one state, the ruling only applies to that one state. It's possible that, in the future, other states may (if the Court upholds the law) use the ruling as justification for their own laws, but this case still only involves one state, California. As for the Supreme Court siding with the California courts, I wouldn't be so sure... just assuming that "Well, since the California courts said this, the Supreme Court likely will as well" fails to take the differences between the courts, and the judges on the courts, into account. This one could very well be a 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court, with Kennedy being the deciding vote.