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The United States Supreme Court seldom hears family law cases. Due to the fact-specific character of family law cases, it is difficult to set precedent when presented with such variables. When the high court does agree to hear a family law case, it is usually a momentous moment in time for U.S. law .
Marital Privacy & Contraception .
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
The Supreme Court invalidated a Connecticut law that made it a crime to use birth control devices or to advise anyone about their use.
Interracial Marriage
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
A unanimous Court struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races, holding that these anti-miscegenation statutes violated both the Due Process and the Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Abortion
Roe v. Wade (1973) (Overturned)
The Supreme Court held that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional.
Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)
The Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of a 2018 Mississippi law banning abortion at 15 weeks. On June 24, 2022, the Court issued a landmark decision upholding the law and overturning Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).
Same-Sex Marriage
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
The United States Supreme Court held that same-sex marriage is protected under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Consequently, same-sex marriages bans were struck down as unconstitutional.
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