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Another famous case picked up substantive due process as a constitutional "hook" before it became popularized in the 1970s - the famous case outlawing [[miscegenation]] statutes, ''Loving v. Virginia''.  The Lovings,a mixed-race couple, sought to have their marriage accepted in their home state of Virginia.  Although the Court invalidated this ban (forcing Virginia to recognize the Lovings' marriage and striking another blow against [[Jim Crow]] laws and racism) on equal protection grounds, the case included a line near the end, almost as an afterthought, describing the right to marriage as a substantive right, fundamental to human life, which the state could not lightly intrude upon.<ref>Loving v. Virginia, pincite to follow when less busy</ref>  Due process, though, would not be picked up again by a discrimination case for another 40 years.<ref>Lawrence v. Texas, resting a decision to invalidate a Texas law criminalizing sodomy on substantive due process grounds, with a hint of equal protection rhetoric.</ref>
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Another famous case picked up substantive due process as a constitutional "hook" before it became popularized in the 1970s - the famous case outlawing [[miscegenation]] statutes, ''Loving v. Virginia''.  The Lovings,a mixed-race couple, sought to have their marriage accepted in their home state of Virginia, which, like many other Southern states, had outlawed mixed-race marriages.  Although the Court invalidated this ban (forcing Virginia to recognize the Lovings' marriage and striking another blow against [[Jim Crow]] laws and racism) on equal protection grounds, the case included a line near the end, almost as an afterthought, describing the right to marriage as a substantive right, fundamental to human life, which the state could not lightly intrude upon.<ref>Loving v. Virginia, pincite to follow when less busy</ref>  Due process, though, would not be picked up again by a discrimination case for another 40 years.<ref>Lawrence v. Texas, resting a decision to invalidate a Texas law criminalizing sodomy on substantive due process grounds, with a hint of equal protection rhetoric.</ref>
    
== Griswold Era ==                                                                                             
 
== Griswold Era ==                                                                                             
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Changing sexual norms, and conservative reactions to these norms, brought about [[Griswold v. Connecticut]].  In the case, Connecticut had forbidden the sale of contraception materials to married couples.
    
== The Roe Controversy, and its Progeny ==                                                                     
 
== The Roe Controversy, and its Progeny ==                                                                     

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