Obergefell V. Hodges Quotes

The Supreme Court of the United States has descended from the disciplined legal reasoning of John Marshall and Joseph Story to the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie. [Referring to pronouncement by Justice Anthony Kennedy in Obergefell v. Hodges: "The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity."]

The next time you hear someone say that Roe v. Wade or Obergefell v. Hodges are the law of the land, remind them that they are not; they are the opinions of the supreme Court just like Dred Scott v. Sanford (slaves are property) and Korematsu v. United States (Japanese internment during WWII). The court was wrong in the past, it is frequently wrong today, and will almost certainly be wrong in the future.

An Ohio ACLU case, Obergefell v. Hodges, ultimately reached the Supreme Court. On June 26, 2015, in a 5–4 decision, the court ruled that “Baker v. Nelson must be and now is overruled,” referring to the failed marriage case of Jack Baker and Michael McConnell. Gay marriage became legal across the country.