The 14th Amendment
Landmark Library Name Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) A. Understanding the 14th. The 14th Amendment has been used in many Supreme Court cases to overturn state laws that treat groups of people unfairly. Understanding what it means is important. Read the amendment’s text. Use context clues to match the bold words with the best definition.
Rewrite the amendment using the definitions. Then, on a separate paper, write the amendment in your own words. No State shall make or enforce any law which DEFINITIONS shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any . put into action . limit State deprive any person of life, liberty, or legal control proper legal . equal treatment proceedings property, without due process of law; nor deny . special rights to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protections . refuse to give protection of the laws. .
To take away from No State shall make or any law which shall the or of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State any person of life, liberty, or property, without ; nor to any person within its the of the laws. B. Influencing Factors.
The Obergefell case ended in a split decision of 5-4. The justices on both sides were very passionate about their interpretation of the case. What influences a Justice’s decision? Below are several factors. Rank them from 1-6 in how influential you think they are, with 1 being the most influential.
Then choose one factor and explain why you think it should or should not influence a justice’s decision. Public opinion about the case or law in question Precedent (i.e., Supreme Court rulings on similar cases from the past) Legal ideology (i.e., belief about how the law should be interpreted) Personal beliefs or personal experiences The mass media Talking with other justices
