Constitutional Law,
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun. 28, 2013
Narrow holdings, huge implications
The Supreme Court did not go that far Wednesday in its rulings on marriage equality, but there is now no doubt that ultimately the court will hold that laws denying the right to marry to gays and lesbians violate equal protection. By Erwin Chemerinsky.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
It is now only a matter of time before gays and lesbians will be able to marry everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court did not go that far Wednesday in its rulings on marriage equality, but there is now no doubt that ultimately the court will hold that laws denying the right to marry to gays and lesbians violate equal protection.
The holdings in the cases were narrow, but the implications for people's lives will be huge. The Su...
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