One case seeks to block California's 2008 ballot measure known as Proposition 8. The measure banned same sex marriage in the state.

其中一案例希望推翻加州2008年名为“第8号提案”的投票，当时那次投票禁止加州存在同性婚姻。

The Justice Department blocked a similar measure in South Carolina in December, and this week a judge in Wisconsin overturned a voter-identification law there on the ground that it was unconstitutional.

司法部12月在南卡罗来纳州也驳回了类似的一项措施，并且在这周在威斯康星州的法官也推翻了那里的一项选民身份认证法规，因为那条法规违反了宪法。