Graduation Year
2015
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Politics and International Relations
Second Department
Legal Studies
Reader 1
Mark Golub
Reader 2
Thomas Kim
Reader 3
Kenneth Miller
Rights Information
© 2014 Tracy Yao
Abstract
Marriage equality exists in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Activists are waiting on the Supreme Court to issue a ruling and bring the movement to its conclusion. Critics of litigation claim that its effects are limited at best, and that the movement's desired result could be achieved without stepping foot in a courtroom. This Article seeks to examine the marriage equality movement's strategy for getting to this point, particularly the role of courts, and argues that litigation was an effective and necessary means of expanding the freedom to marry.
Recommended Citation
Yao, Tracy, "How to Get Married: An Examination of the Marriage Equality Litigation Strategy" (2015). Scripps Senior Theses. 523.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/523
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
