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- Critical Race Judgments
- Critical Race Judgments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Advisory Committee
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 347 U.S. 483 (1954)BROWN et al.
- Part I Membership and Inclusion
- Part II Participation and Access
- Part III Property and Space
- Part IV Intimate Choice and Autonomy
- 388 U.S. 1Supreme Court of the United States
- 570 U.S. 637Supreme Court of the United States
- 507 U.S. 292Supreme Court of the United States
- 539 U.S. 558Supreme Court of the United States
- 431 U.S. 494 (1977)U.S. Supreme Court
- 274 U.S. 200Supreme Court of the United States
- 410 U.S. 113Supreme Court of the United States
- Part V Justice
539 U.S. 558Supreme Court of the United States
John Geddes LAWRENCE and Tyron Garner, Petitionersv.TEXASNo. 02–102.
from Part IV - Intimate Choice and Autonomy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2022
- Critical Race Judgments
- Critical Race Judgments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Advisory Committee
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 347 U.S. 483 (1954)BROWN et al.
- Part I Membership and Inclusion
- Part II Participation and Access
- Part III Property and Space
- Part IV Intimate Choice and Autonomy
- 388 U.S. 1Supreme Court of the United States
- 570 U.S. 637Supreme Court of the United States
- 507 U.S. 292Supreme Court of the United States
- 539 U.S. 558Supreme Court of the United States
- 431 U.S. 494 (1977)U.S. Supreme Court
- 274 U.S. 200Supreme Court of the United States
- 410 U.S. 113Supreme Court of the United States
- Part V Justice
Summary
Argued March 26, 2003.Decided June 26, 2003.
Justice ROBINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.***
This case requires us to decide whether Texas may criminalize consensual intimate sexual behavior between two men. We apply intermediate scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause because the Texas law uses a person’s sex to determine the scope of his sexual liberty. Texas has fallen far short of establishing the requisite “exceedingly persuasive justification” to justify this incursion on personal liberty. See, e.g., United States v. Virginia 518 U.S. 515 (1996).
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- Critical Race JudgmentsRewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and the Law, pp. 485 - 491Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022