Not the law of the land

The Supreme Court ruling on homosexual marriage was based on judicial review. That's a contentious issue in American jurisprudence, with a very checkered history. To say, without further ado, that judicial rulings are "the law of the land" is not a given: 

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/420389/not-law-land

http://www.firstthings.com/article/2003/02/lincoln-on-judicial-despotism

http://www.firstthings.com/article/1999/05/marshall-marbury-and-judicial-supremacy

http://www.firstthings.com/article/1999/01/001-how-the-court-became-supreme