Posted this before, but I don't think its importance can be overlooked. It shows how Alito, and likely other conservative judges, are approaching their cases.
“Alito’s draft opinion explicitly criticizes Lawrence v. Texas (legalizing sodomy) and Obergefell v. Hodges (legalizing same-sex marriage.) He says that, like abortion, these decisions protect phony rights that are not ‘deeply rooted in history.’”
- Slate reporter Mark Joseph Stern
@tyghebright All too true.
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Yep. Pretty clear he's coming for marriage and going back to regulating the how and who of having sex.
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Their strict constructionism is upside-down and through the looking glass.
In a free country, you have the right to do anything not specifically prohibited.
You have a right to privacy
You have a right to bodily autonomy
You have a right to make medical decisions with your doctor
Saying you only have the rights specifically mentioned reduces rights to privileges, granted by an all powerful government
Precisely the problem. It's a backwards understanding of how our government is supposed to work.
@tyghebright MJS like a mofo. He & Dahlia Lithwick's _Amicus_ podcast is A++++