Sexual Orientation and the Paradox of Heightened Scrutiny

Authors

Nan D. Hunter, Georgetown University Law CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2004

Abstract

In Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court performed a double move, creating a dramatic discursive moment: it both decriminalized consensual homosexual relations between adults, and, simultaneously, authorized a new regime of heightened regulation of homosexuality. How that happened and what we can expect next are the subjects of this essay.

Comments

Reprinted from Michigan Law Review, June 2004, Vol. 102, No. 7. Copyright 2004 by Nan D. Hunter.

Publication Citation

102 Mich. L. Rev. 1528-1554 (2004)

Scholarly Commons Citation

Hunter, Nan D., "Sexual Orientation and the Paradox of Heightened Scrutiny" (2004). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 114.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/114