The Unyielding Power of Grassroots Activism in Shaping Constitutional Meaning The Supreme Court's landmark Obergefell ruling, which granted same sex couples the right to marry in 2015, has often been celebrated as a triumph of constitutional interpretation.
However, beneath this triumph lies a more nuanced story – one that highlights the enduring power of grassroots activism in shaping the country's understanding of its founding document.
Popular constitutionalism is a phenomenon that refers to how ordinary Americans have influenced the meaning of the Constitution outside the confines of the Supreme Court.