Read the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ____(2015), and write a 4–5page paper addressing the following

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Read the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ____(2015), and write a 4–5page
paper addressing the following:
1. Summarize the plaintiffs’ arguments that their substantive due process had been violated.
2. Summarize the plaintiffs’ argument that their rights to equal protection under the law had been violated.
3. Explain the Court’s ruling and any prior U.S. Supreme Court cases that may have laid the foundation for this case.
4. Explain what societal changes influenced the Court’s decisions from the time of the 1986 Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986) case, in which the Court upheld a
Georgia statute that criminalized homosexual sex, to Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), that overruled Bowers, to the 2015 Obergefell case that recognized samesex
marriage.
5. Summarize why the dissenting justices disagreed with the majority opinion in Obergefell.
6. Do you agree with the majority opinion or the dissenting justices? Explain why.
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Oyez. (n.d.). Bowers v. Hardwick. Retrieved from https://www.oyez.org/cases/1985/85140
Oyez. (n.d.). Lawrence v. Texas. Retrieved from https://www.oyez.org/cases/2002/02102
Oyez. (n.d.). Obergefell v. Hodges. Retrieved from https://www.oyez.org/cases/2014/14556
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Read the following chapters from the Constitutional Law: Governmental Powers and Individual Freedoms textbook:
Chapter 11: Substantive Due Process: Privacy, Personal Autonomy, and Other Liberties
Chapter 12: Equal Protection
Assignment Objectives
Analyze landmark decisions across the various eras of the U.S. Supreme Court
Critique the U.S. Supreme Court’s application of stare decisis in response to social issues
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Unit: Individual Liberty and Equal Protection of the Law
Due Date: Tue,10/20/20
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