The Supreme Court's Sexual Counter- Revolution

In a series of controversial rulings during the post-World War II “sexual revolution,” the U.S. Supreme Court redefined relationships between law and sex in the United States (1). Decades later, some of these decisions continue to attract intense public interest, though most Americans have never read them. Griswold v. Connecticut, the 1965 decision that struck down state laws banning the use of birth control by married couples, is often denounced by conservatives and celebrated by liberals, in both cases because Griswold is seen as affirming a constitutional right of sexual privacy. Loving v. Virginia, the 1967 decision that overturned state laws against interracial marriage, is invoked by opposing sides in recent debates about same-sex marriage. Perhaps the Court's best-known ruling after Brown v. Board of Education is Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that overruled various state restrictions on abortions. Roe may well be

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  Open Access•Nathan R Moran, Ben D Atkins•Encyclopedia of Theoretical…•2014

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