Today, April 28, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the biggest case of the term, Obergefell v. Hodges, in which it will weigh in on the controversy over same-sex marriage that has raged for more than twenty years. The case is actually four cases, each arising from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Obergefell v. Hodges (Ohio), Tanco v. Haslam (Tennessee), DeBoer v. Snyder (Michigan), and Bourke v. Beshear (Kentucky). In each case, a federal district court invalidated the applicable state ban on celebration of marriages by same-sex couples, a ban on recognition of those marriages, or both. All four rulings were overturned on appeal by the Sixth Circuit—the only federal appellate court to date to rule again...
The legitimacy of recent judgments in the Supreme Court, lower federal courts and State courts which...
Marriage equality has come to much of the nation. Over 2014, many district court rulings invalidated...
Marriage equality has come to much of the nation. Over 2014, many district court rulings invalidated...
The legal and political climate surrounding sexual orientation and the right to marry is riddled wit...
The legitimacy of recent judgments in the Supreme Court, lower federal courts and State courts which...
On June 26th, 2015 the United States Supreme Court handed down a much anticipated decision answering...
On June 26th, 2015 the United States Supreme Court handed down a much anticipated decision answering...
The U.S. Supreme Court will finally wade into the same-sex marriage debate that has embroiled virtua...
In June, the Supreme Court held that state proscriptions on same-sex marriage violate the Fourteenth...
Proponents fighting for the recognition of same-sex marriage as well as the legal ability to enter i...
The U.S. Supreme Court's highly anticipated decision in Obergefell v. Hodges recognized federal cons...
The national same-sex marriage debate has been dominated for the past decade by the interstate recog...
Amateur constitutional law gurus, rejoice! Marriage equality advocates and marriage traditionalists,...
"On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges requiring states to...
In June 2015, in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that there ...
The legitimacy of recent judgments in the Supreme Court, lower federal courts and State courts which...
Marriage equality has come to much of the nation. Over 2014, many district court rulings invalidated...
Marriage equality has come to much of the nation. Over 2014, many district court rulings invalidated...
The legal and political climate surrounding sexual orientation and the right to marry is riddled wit...
The legitimacy of recent judgments in the Supreme Court, lower federal courts and State courts which...
On June 26th, 2015 the United States Supreme Court handed down a much anticipated decision answering...
On June 26th, 2015 the United States Supreme Court handed down a much anticipated decision answering...
The U.S. Supreme Court will finally wade into the same-sex marriage debate that has embroiled virtua...
In June, the Supreme Court held that state proscriptions on same-sex marriage violate the Fourteenth...
Proponents fighting for the recognition of same-sex marriage as well as the legal ability to enter i...
The U.S. Supreme Court's highly anticipated decision in Obergefell v. Hodges recognized federal cons...
The national same-sex marriage debate has been dominated for the past decade by the interstate recog...
Amateur constitutional law gurus, rejoice! Marriage equality advocates and marriage traditionalists,...
"On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges requiring states to...
In June 2015, in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that there ...
The legitimacy of recent judgments in the Supreme Court, lower federal courts and State courts which...
Marriage equality has come to much of the nation. Over 2014, many district court rulings invalidated...
Marriage equality has come to much of the nation. Over 2014, many district court rulings invalidated...