Obergefell v. Hodges

Obergefell: Understanding the same-sex marriage decision and what’s happening now

By / January 17, 2023

In light of Friday’s Supreme Court 5-4 decision ruling that there is a fundamental right to same-sex marriage, here are a few resources to help explain the decision and its impact on the states: The full-text decision is available, here. SCOTUS Blog offers analysis of the decision and an interpretation “In Plain English,” as well …

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Religious discrimination and deportation: Supreme Court tackles high-profile issues this week

By / January 17, 2023

In addition to the Elonis case regarding threatening statements made on social media (which we discussed yesterday) the Supreme Court issued other decisions this week in high-profile cases. These include EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch and Mellouli v. Lynch. We covered the arguments in Mellouli in January. To recap, the case involved a permanent resident who pleaded guilty to …

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Arguments in same-sex marriage cases scheduled for April 28

By / June 1, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court announced yesterday that it has scheduled oral arguments in the same-sex marriage cases out of the 6th Circuit for April 28, 2015. Obergerfell v. Hodges out of Ohio and three other cases from states in the 6th Circuit are set to be heard during 150 minutes of arguments that day.  As we discussed back in …

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