Louisiana Justice of the Peace Refuses to Issue Marriage License to Interracial Couple: Loving v. Virginia Revisited?

Irene C. Olszewski, Esq. | October 19, 2009

In the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, the unanimous court decided that, “[u]nder our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.”
Apparently, Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell hasn’t been paying attention. Bardwell, who [...]