ConLaw Class 23 – Individual Autonomy III

April 6th, 2017

Class 23 – 4/6/17

Individual Autonomy III

  • Bowers v. Hardwick (1072 – 1081)
  • Romer v. Evans (1029 – 1038)
  • Lawrence v. Texas (1124 – 1143)

The lecture notes are here.

Bowers v. Hardwick

This is Michael Hardwick.

Romer v. Evans

Here are the plaintiffs.

This is Colorado Governor Buddy Romer.

Here is an advertisement urging people to vote Yes on Amendment 2. The caption reads “Stop special class status for homosexuality.”

This is an advertisement from the Colorado for Family Values, urging people to vote Yes on Amendment 2. It depicts parade marchers holding up a banner that reads “S/M Leather Contingency.”

Lawrence v. Texas

Here are photographs of John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner, the Houston residents prosecuted under Texas’s sodomy statute.

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