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Constitutional Law

May 7, 2015

Assumptions made in same-sex marriage arguments

I wonder if Mr. Blair and Mr. Curtis were twirling in their graves as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the same-sex marriage cases, and as the world heard the questions posed by the justices. By Thomas M. Hall


By Thomas M. Hall


I wonder if Mr. Blair and Mr. Curtis were twirling in their graves as the U.S. Supreme
Court heard arguments in the same-sex marriage cases, and as the world heard the questions
posed by the justices.


Blair and Curtis made the arguments for appellant Dred Scott in 1857. They got to
answer justices' questions and then to read the decision, which has been called th...

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