06-28-2022, 08:21 AM
(06-27-2022, 11:13 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: And at one point slavery and segregation were found to be covered by the Constitution. You can't have it both ways, either precedent is sacrosanct or it is not. If it is not, then Friday's decision cannot be viewed solely through the lens of an unprecedented assault on SCOTUS norms. Which it clearly isn't, based on the over 200 times the SCOTUS has reversed precedent in its past, as already covered in this very thread.
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
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