By what margin did the Supreme Court explicitly overrule Baker v. Nelson in 2016?
Obergefell v. Hodges Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015) ( ), is a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in a 5–4 decision.
Benton v. Maryland Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784 (1969) , is a Supreme Court of the United States decision concerning double jeopardy. "Benton" ruled that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment applies to the states. In doing so, "Benton" expressly overruled "Palko v. Connecticut", 302 U.S. 319 (1937) .