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The Supreme Court, Visibility, And The "Politics Of Presence", Kathryn Abrams
The Supreme Court, Visibility, And The "Politics Of Presence", Kathryn Abrams
Vanderbilt Law Review
Jane Schacter has made a critical contribution by elaborating the meaning and potential consequences of the Court's holding in Romer v. Evans. At the center of her account is the thought-provoking suggestion that the Court's opinion enables a visibility or "presence" for gays and lesbians in the extended realm of the "political." While I salute her illumination, I am less certain about whether to share her optimism. In this Comment, I will explore the latter question by looking beyond the decision in Romer to other cases involving group-based civil rights. I will probe the effects of Supreme Court decisionmaking on …