Prof. Carpenter Surveys Constitutional Law Professors' Views on Same-Sex Marriage

Professor Dale Carpenter and Samuel Light (’14) conducted a survey this summer that was covered in The Wall Street Journal. Of the 485 constitutional law professors they surveyed, they found that 87% of them back marriage for same-sex couples, and seven out of ten believe the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, but only a slight majority of 54% think the federal Constitution requires states to recognize same-sex marriages.