06-28-2022, 11:21 AM
(06-28-2022, 08:21 AM)pally Wrote: Which of those other precedent changes actually rolled back granted rights? I’ve seen Plessy vs Ferguson thrown around a lot as a changed precedent so let’s look at that. In 1896, Plessy said separate was ok as long as everything was EQUAL. Brown vs Topeka BOE came along and said time had proven separate wasn’t equal. Plessy was expanded not retracted to the previous status quo of 1895. Most changed precedents did the same or took into account new laws passed in the times between decisions. This was the first time a civil right was constitutionally granted and then was taken away. Right to privacy…ha…Thomas said it…the govt gets to decide what sexual activity adults can participate in, who they can marry, what birth control they can use. This isn’t the America our founders envisioned. It isn’t 1792 with 13 states anymore. It is idiotic for the Supreme Court to act as it is
You mean according to the Constitution? You don't have to confine yourself to the Plessy decision, I posted a link earlier that showed precedent has been overturned over 200 times in the court's history. You're clearly falling victim to appeals to emotion, because there is nothing untoward with this decision and it rests on very firm constitutional ground. I get not liking it, I don't like it, but I'm also capable of understanding why it was made. Good of you to reintroduce the slippery slope argument btw.
