Prof. Jill Hasday on Minnesota Public Radio to Discuss Supreme Court’s Rejection of Same-Sex Marriage Challenge

Professor Jill Hasday, McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor in Law, appeared on Minnesota Public Radio News to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of the same-sex marriage challenge. When asked if she was surprised that the Court declined to hear the case, Hasday commented, "Yes and no. So, one reason to think the court might take the case is that three dissenters from Obergefell are on the court, and the court, if anything, has moved further to the right. [In order to] bring a legal case, you have to have more than a dislike for the law or an intense loathing of the law. You have to have something called standing, which is just basically a fancy legal way of saying you have to show you have a particularized and concrete injury. And the thing about same-sex marriage is it doesn’t really injure anyone. So, how would someone have standing to challenge the legality of same-sex marriage?"