From the New Yorker: The story behind the story of Lawrence v. Texas (HT: AI)

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2012/03/12/120312crbo_books_lithwick

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The story behind the story of Lawrence v. Texas.

by Dahlia LithwickMARCH 12, 2012

"As Carpenter puts it, civil-rights attorneys knew that they needed plaintiffs “with little to lose.” Garner and Lawrence fit that bill."





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