CRM/LAW C113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Domestic Worker, Equal Protection Clause, Due Process
4 May 2016
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There is a movement to protect workers who aren"t covered under certain laws. Some of them even require that the employer reports on taxes to make sure you"re accounted for as an employee. Liberty, privacy, equality: due process and the 14th amendment. Two women asked for a license to marry each other in the state of kentucky. They said it"s not fair, they are constitutionally protected (leving v virginia where marriage is a fundamental right) They argued that this violated their fundamental rights: right to marry (5th and 14th amendments protecting that right); right in 1st amendment to freely associate; right to exercise religion under 1st amendment. They argued not allowing us to marry would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. The marriage law in kentucky didn"t specify you must be a man and a. No explicit prohibition on same sex couples from marrying.
