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Perspective

Jul. 9, 2015

Kennedy was right for wrong reasons

I've reread the same-sex marriage ruling several times and come to the conclusion that it's simply not a judicial opinion. By Ilya Shapiro


By Ilya Shapiro


This U.S. Supreme Court term will be most remembered for its penultimate day, when
same-sex marriage became the law of the land in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges. Just because that ruling was expected - the court never gets too far ahead or behind
public opinion - doesn't make it any less momentous.


Still, about the only good thing that can be said about Justice Anthon...

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