context: We turn to White's claim challenging the constitutionality of Utah's prohibition against polygamy. Assuming, for purposes of argument, that White has standing to bring the claim, we conclude it is foreclosed by Supreme Court and Tenth Circuit precedent.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 760 F.2d 1065, 1068-69
citation_a.parenthetical: concluding Utah was justified, by a compelling interest, in upholding and enforcing its ban on plural marriage to protect the monogamous marriage relationship
citation_a.sentence: See Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, 166-67, 25 L.Ed. 244 (1878) (affirming criminal conviction of a Mormon for practicing polygamy and rejecting the argument that prohibition of polygamy violated the right to free exercise of religion); Potter v. Murray City, 760 F.2d 1065, 1068-69 (10th Cir.1985) (concluding Utah was justified, by a compelling interest, in upholding and enforcing its ban on plural marriage to protect the monogamous marriage relationship); see also Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49, 68 n. 15, 93 S.Ct. 2628, 37 L.Ed.2d 446 (1973) (“Statutes making bigamy a crime surely cut into an individual’s freedom to associate, but few today seriously claim such statutes violate the First Amendment or any other constitutional provision.”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "Statutes making bigamy a crime surely cut into an individual's freedom to associate, but few today seriously claim such statutes violate the First Amendment or any other constitutional provision."
citation_b.sentence: See Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, 166-67, 25 L.Ed. 244 (1878) (affirming criminal conviction of a Mormon for practicing polygamy and rejecting the argument that prohibition of polygamy violated the right to free exercise of religion); Potter v. Murray City, 760 F.2d 1065, 1068-69 (10th Cir.1985) (concluding Utah was justified, by a compelling interest, in upholding and enforcing its ban on plural marriage to protect the monogamous marriage relationship); see also Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49, 68 n. 15, 93 S.Ct. 2628, 37 L.Ed.2d 446 (1973) (“Statutes making bigamy a crime surely cut into an individual’s freedom to associate, but few today seriously claim such statutes violate the First Amendment or any other constitutional provision.”).