A resolution considered – and later rejected – by North Dakota lawmakers would have urged the high court to overturn its same-sex marriage ruling.

North Dakota lawmakers are on the verge of making their state the first to tell the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its decade-old ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Similar efforts — which would not have any direct sway with the nation's top courts — have been introduced in a handful of states this year.

The North Dakota Senate on Thursday rejected a resolution that would have asked the Supreme Court to revisit its landmark 2015 ruling on marriage equality. Senators voted 31-16 against the