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John Harrison

Dissenting

John C. Harrison
Publisher
Yale University Press
Date
2020
Citation
John C. Harrison, Dissenting, in What Obergefell v. Hodges Should Have Said: The Nation’s Top Legal Experts Rewrite America’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision, Yale University Press, 262–280 (2020).
UVA Law Faculty Affiliations
John C. Harrison
National Security Law Center
Center for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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