Family Relationships and the Right to Die

Question 1

Moore v. City of East Cleveland

Answer 1

Fundamental right to live with extended family…

A Cleveland statute made it a crime for a dwelling to contain members of more than one family, and limited the definition of family to a basic nuclear family. Appellant was convicted under the statute when her son, grandson, and a grandson from another child all lived with her.

Question 2

• Troxel v. Granville

Answer 2

Parental rights to control care and custody of children:
 Washington Law permitted any person to petition the court for visitation rights at any time and authorized the courts to grant such visitation if in the child’s best interest.
 Mom did not want to allow visitation with paternal grandparents.
 Does that law unconstitutionally infringe on a parent’s right to control the care and custody of her children?
Yes, statute unconsitutional.

Question 3

Lawrence v. Texas

Answer 3

While there is no fundamental right to homosexuality, there is a right to intimate relationships within the home.

Question 4

Obergefell v. Hodges

Answer 4

Under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, states must issue marriage licenses and recognize lawful out-of-state marriages for same-sex couples.

The petitioners claim the respondents, state officials responsible for enforcing the laws in question, violate the Fourteenth Amendment by denying them the right to marry or to have their marriages, lawfully performed in another States, given full recognition