Andre The Podcast

Before it was a landmark Supreme Court decision, it was a grandmother’s home.

In the 1970s, a city ordinance in East Cleveland declared that certain family members could not live under the same roof. What followed became Moore v. City of East Cleveland, a 5–4 ruling from the Supreme Court of the United States that affirmed a deeply rooted principle: the Constitution protects the right of extended families to live together.

But this episode isn’t just about zoning laws or constitutional doctrine.

It’s about legacy.

It’s about a grandmother who refused to move.

It’s about cousins growing up like siblings.

It’s about what happens when the definition of “family” is challenged by the law.

This week, we go beyond the legal citation and into the human story... hearing from someone who didn’t just read about this case in a textbook… she lived it.

Because before it was history, it was home.