Lawrence v. Texas
539 U.S. 558 · U.S. Supreme Court
Holding and boundaries
Invalidated a law criminalizing consensual adult same-sex intimacy under substantive due process.
Scope and limitations: The case concerns consenting adults and does not decide every family, employment, service or youth issue.
2 issue placements
Intra-Faith Gender & Sexuality Debates
Lawrence v. Texas supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Intra-Faith Gender & Sexuality Debates. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: The case concerns consenting adults and does not decide every family, employment, service or youth issue.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
LGBTQ+ Life, Faith & Pluralism
Lawrence v. Texas supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to LGBTQ+ Life, Faith & Pluralism. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: The case concerns consenting adults and does not decide every family, employment, service or youth issue.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Publication and provenance
The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.
Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.