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Law Review: Legal Epidemics, Constitutional Doctrine, and the Defense of Marriage Act

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Jackie Gardina, The Tipping Point: Legal Epidemics, Constitutional Doctrine, and the Defense of Marriage Act (November 11, 2009). Vermont Law Review, Vol. 34, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1503989 "Using Malcolm Gladwell's book The Tipping Point as a jumping off point, this brief article discuss whether the Supreme Court has reached a tipping point with regards to equal marriage and its benefits. The article suggests that to determine whether the Court has reached the tipping point - and more specifically, whether the constitutional question has reached the Court at the right time - requires that one look beyond the Court?s precedent and examine the 'national conversation.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on January 18, 2010 (boomark / email).