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. Alvar©♭ [and 12 others].
| Other author | Balkin, J. M. |
| Other author | Alvar©♭, Helen. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020] |
| Description | xiv, 381 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | What Obergefell versus Hodges should have said |
| Contents | Part I: Obergefell v. Hodges : a critical introduction / Jack M. Balkin -- The long and winding road to marriage equality -- A player, not a mirror; a catalyst, not a brick wall -- Rewriting Obergefell : a guide to the opinions -- Part II: Revised opinions in Obergefell v. Hodges -- Jack M. Balkin (judgment of the Court) -- Douglas NeJaime and Reva B. Siegel (concurring) -- Andrew Koppelman (concurring) -- Catherine Smith (concurring) -- William N. Eskridge Jr. (concurring in the judgment) -- Katherine Franke (concurring in the judgment) -- Melissa Murray (concurring) -- Sherif Girgis and Robert P. George (dissenting) -- Helen M. Alvar©♭ (dissenting) -- John C. Harrison (dissenting) -- Jeremy Waldron (dissenting) -- Comments from the contributors -- Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America : selected provisions -- Obergefell v. Hodges : a selected bibliography. |
| Abstract | Jack Balkin and other 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. The social movement for gay rights and marriage equality is a powerful example of how-through legal imagination and political struggle-arguments once dismissed as "off-the-wall" can later become established in American constitutional law. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020932723 |
| ISBN | 9780300221558 paperback |
| ISBN | 030022155X paperback |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |