I suppose we're lucky here; Colorado's been pretty damned blue.

Regarding the same sex marriage decision... that's unlikely to come back up to the Supreme Court, even with a fresh new ultra conservative on it, unless (and until) they can get a case that can be justified for them to take on questioning the core of the decision. And even then, it's probably going to be rolling the dice for them hoping it gets overturned. That's one of the few potential bright spots, is that it's going to take easily 2-3 years worth of effort to even try to get the decision reviewed. This is a good thing for me; my husband and I bought a house (in good faith) just last year; literally we've only been in the house for a year and a month. I don't want to see the mess that would be caused for us if they get our marriage annulled on legal grounds.

Roe vs Wade is going to be a very different case. Even if the core decision isn't directly challenged, there's probably enough side issues heading up the chain that it could be effectively whittled down to "yeah, well, you won't actually be able to access what you need to do it".

The worst damage, though, is probably going to be things like stripping funding from social programs, repealing others, trying to defang any and all anti-discrimination ordinance, etc. I actually have two friends that this could actually kill. Both are on forms of disability for mental illness that keep them from working, and I bet anything they're relying on will be firmly placed on the chopping block.

All in all, I'm incredibly disgusted, disappointed, and frightened of my country all in one go. One of the few bright spots? I now know the 17 states that I can visit, and the rest that I don't need to ever step foot in again.