The Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which brought marriage equality to all 50 states, is still having ripple effects in the legal system, bringing closure to many same-sex families. Two victories this week demonstrate how the ruling is retroactively securing justice by recognizing same-sex marriages. A judge in Bucks County, Pennsylvania has ruled that two women were in a valid common-law marriage when one of them passed away in 2013, back before marriage equality was even recognized in the commonwealth.