PO 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Equal Protection Clause

• School: Quinnipiac University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PO 131
• Professor: knox brown

Document Summary

The main idea of the case was that justice anthony kennedy said: Denying same-sex marriage is going against the fundamental right the constitution stated . Furthermore, no state can deny a same-sex couple from another state. Not being able to get married to their person of choice goes against the fourteenth amendment. To which the court of appeal said that: a state has no constitutional commitment to license same-sex marriages. 14th amendment - civil right for african americans, comes down to the 14th amendment. Equal protection: the national gov or state gov are not allowed to deny citizens to the country. In the 20th century court started applying it to states. 14th amendment: nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Same sex couple getting married will harm marriage as an institution.