They and the constitution disagree with you. The supreme courts power is fairly broad. And how is a ruling on constitutional rights not within the supreme courts power? That is exactly what the federal court system is for.
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Edited by Anti noise: 9/4/2015 6:49:49 PMThey gave a judicial opinion, they cannot change laws that are within the Constitution. They can only direct the congress to change said laws.
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Show me where in the constitution it talks about marriage?
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They can rule laws as unconstitutional, which is exactly what they did. They ruled that the laws the states were creating that banned same sex marriage were unconstitutional.
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They can rule them unconstitutional yes. However that ruling does not end the law.
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Yes it does That is the entire point of the branch
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Actually, it does, which is why it is.