American Government / Unit 3 Gov 137 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
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The idea
In Lawrence v. Texas (2003) the Court struck down laws criminalizing private consensual conduct between adults.
In practice
The ruling extended the inferred privacy right from the household decisions of Griswold to intimate life generally.
Where people slip
The privacy line of cases did not move in one direction — some applications survive, one was overruled.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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