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FEATURE ARTICLES

“A Stranger to Its Laws”: Freedom, Civil Rights, and the Legal Ambiguity of Romer V. Evans (1996)

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Pages 27-42 | Published online: 30 Jan 2018
 

Abstract

The Supreme Court's 1996 ruling in Romer v. Evans is widely seen as a significant extension of civil rights to gays and lesbians. We offer a reading of Romer v. Evans (1996) that eschews traditional and formalistic legal analysis in favor of more critical approaches to understanding the role of law in lived experience and communal life. In particular, we see Romer as an opportunity to engage in a “critical rhetoric,” and specifically a “critique of freedom.”

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