Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W963615516> ?p ?o ?g. }
Showing items 1 to 71 of
71
with 100 items per page.
- W963615516 abstract "The Supreme Court's much anticipated invalidation of gay marriage bans improved the personal lives of millions of ordinary Americans. It made the country a more decent place. Even Chief Justice Roberts, at the conclusion of his otherwise scathing dissent, acknowledged that the decision was a cause for many Americans to celebrate.But although the Chief Justice thought that advocates of gay marriage should by all means celebrate today's he admonished them [to] celebrate the Constitution. The Constitution, he said, had nothing to do with it.Part I of this article quarrels with the Chief Justice's assertion that the Constitution had nothing to do with it. It argues that it is the dissenting justices, rather than their colleagues in the majority, who have ignored the traditions of American Constitutional law.Part II argues that the Chief Justice is exactly right when he says that we should celebrate the Obergefell decision, but not the Constitution, but he is right for reasons that he, himself, would disagree with. The Court's decision marks a partial and flawed but nonetheless important advance toward inclusion and decency. The majority's opinion, replete with invocations of the supposedly binding force of constitutional obligation, belittling of the large and growing number of Americans who are unmarried, and mischaracterization of the nature of the movement for gay rights, is exclusionary, reactionary, and authoritarian. Even as the Court demonstrates its (concededly limited) capacity to advance the cause of social justice, it unwittingly also demonstrates the failure of constitutional law to serve its core purpose of providing a just ground for cooperation among people who disagree about fundamentals.A brief conclusion discusses the implications of this failure." @default.
- W963615516 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W963615516 creator A5067650977 @default.
- W963615516 date "2015-01-01" @default.
- W963615516 modified "2023-09-25" @default.
- W963615516 title "The Triumph of Gay Marriage and the Failure of Constitutional Law" @default.
- W963615516 hasPublicationYear "2015" @default.
- W963615516 type Work @default.
- W963615516 sameAs 963615516 @default.
- W963615516 citedByCount "0" @default.
- W963615516 crossrefType "posted-content" @default.
- W963615516 hasAuthorship W963615516A5067650977 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C111472728 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C126806153 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C136815107 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C138885662 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C139621336 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C144024400 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C2776154427 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C2776217807 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C2778272461 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C2778447849 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C2780300103 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C523173360 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C56617239 @default.
- W963615516 hasConcept C94625758 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C111472728 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C126806153 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C136815107 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C138885662 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C139621336 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C144024400 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C17744445 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C199539241 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C2776154427 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C2776217807 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C2778272461 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C2778447849 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C2780300103 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C523173360 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C56617239 @default.
- W963615516 hasConceptScore W963615516C94625758 @default.
- W963615516 hasLocation W9636155161 @default.
- W963615516 hasOpenAccess W963615516 @default.
- W963615516 hasPrimaryLocation W9636155161 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W1479768616 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W1534543927 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W1540170503 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W2133829380 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W2229398273 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W2263264527 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W2269779330 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W2325166385 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W2417323347 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W2527984406 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W2603435711 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W298570301 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W3122605032 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W3123574973 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W3123850471 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W312596271 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W813295477 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W821474866 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W971925570 @default.
- W963615516 hasRelatedWork W3122653593 @default.
- W963615516 isParatext "false" @default.
- W963615516 isRetracted "false" @default.
- W963615516 magId "963615516" @default.
- W963615516 workType "article" @default.