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- Title
PRESIDENTIAL CONSTITUTIONALISM AND MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
- Authors
ESKRIDGE JR., WILLIAM N.
- Abstract
The article consider the example of presidential constitutionalism in former U.S. President Barack Obama Administration's leadership on the issue of marriage equality for LGBT persons. It argues that Presidential constitutionalism was effective because the chief executive articulated a robust principle, application of that principle to the marriage issue was deeply deliberative within the executive branch and invited involvement by the judicial and legislative branches.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ANTI-LGBTQ+ discrimination laws; PUBLIC administration; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-; CONSTITUTIONALISM; JUSTICE administration; PUBLIC welfare laws
- Publication
University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2019, Vol 167, Issue 7, p1891
- ISSN
0041-9907
- Publication type
Article