03-16-2021, 12:23 PM
(03-16-2021, 12:13 PM)michaelsean Wrote: It's just authoritarianism you agree with, which is a major problem in this country. We decry authoritarianism until it's something we agree with. Involuntary sterilization was also found constitutional using this very case.
Thurgood Marshall said it best. If only I could find that quote.
By that definition every law is authoritarianism. It's kind of en vogue to claim authoritarianism whenever you don't agree with something.
As to the Buck decision, it is pretty commonly held that the misapplication of this case was a gross misapplication of precedent. Since then though Jacobson has been used courts of all political make-ups to justify compulsory vaccinations in various states.
