What Obergefell v. Hodges should have said : the nation's top legal experts rewrite America's same-sex marriage decision / edited with an introduction by Jack M. Balkin ; Helen M. Alvaré [and 12 others].
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780300255782
- Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
- Obergefell, James -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Obergefell, James
- Law
- LGBTQ+ Interest
- Gay & Lesbian studies
- Legal history
- Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law
- Human rights & civil liberties
- 346.730168 23
- KF229.O24 W43 2021
Previously issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rewriting the Supreme Court's landmark gay rights decision Jack Balkin and an all-star cast of legal scholars, sitting as a hypothetical Supreme Court, rewrite the famous 2015 opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, which guaranteed same-sex couples the right to marry. In eleven incisive opinions, the authors offer the best constitutional arguments for and against the right to same-sex marriage, and debate what Obergefell should mean for the future. In addition to serving as Chief Justice of this imaginary court, Balkin provides a critical introduction to the case. He recounts the story of the gay rights litigation that led to Obergefell, and he explains how courts respond to political mobilizations for new rights claims.
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