Lawrence v. Texas

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    2003's Lawrence v. Texas Supreme Court decision was definitely controversial. In the case, the High Court ruled that the state of Texas...

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  • Landmark gay rights case courtroom drama explored in new book

    Dale Carpenter's new book, Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas, examines the history of the June 2003 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled state sodomy laws unconstitutional. It's easy to romanticize important court cases like this.

  • Law experts challenge Virginia lawmaker Bob Marshall on 'sodomy is not a civil right' comment

    He pointed to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2003 Lawrence vs. Texas decision, which struck down the criminal sodomy law in Texas – and by extension, other states – as unconstitutional. “The Supreme Court ruled in Lawrence that anal ...

  • A Brief for Justice Kennedy

    In his 2003 majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas, Kennedy and company threw out all remaining state laws against sodomy, saying that how consenting homosexuals express their love is none of the state’s business. (The verdict prompted Justice ...

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