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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 20: A guard stands on the steps of the Supreme Court Building, August 20, 2014 in Washington, DC. Today the high court blocked gay and lesbian couples from marrying in Virginia and puts on hold a federal appeals court's verdict last month striking down the state's ban on gay marriage. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 20: A guard stands on the steps of the Supreme Court Building, August 20, 2014 in Washington, DC. Today the high court blocked gay and lesbian couples from marrying in Virginia and puts on hold a federal appeals court's verdict last month striking down the state's ban on gay marriage. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The United States Supreme Court decides cases involving the nation’s most pressing legal issues, affecting the daily lives of hundreds of millions of Americans — and yet so much about its functioning is shrouded in mystique and exclusivity.

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