Course #550- Supreme Court: Same Sex Marriage & 14th Amendment - webinar

Speaker: Curtis Howard, JD Course 550 1 hour MCLE Credit US Supreme Court Case Obergefell vs Hodges Docket 14-556 (2014).  Key Points: 1. The case argued that the states' statutes violated the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment, and one group of plaintiffs also brought claims under the Civil Rights Act 2. The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the trial court and held that the states bans on same sex marriage and refusal to recognize marriages performed in other states did not violate the courts 14th Amendment rights or equal protection and due process Objectives: Examine the oral arguments for Obergefell v Hodges Analyze the question: Does the 14th amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between 2 people of the same sex that was legally licensed in another state? Mr. Howard is a Criminal Defense Attorney in Sacramento, California, at the Law Office of Curtis L. Howard JR.