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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums*Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion
overturning Roe v. Wade, laid out a vision that fomented fears about what other rights could disappear: The same rationale that the Supreme Court used to declare there was no right to abortion, he said, should also be used to overturn cases establishing rights to contraception, same-sex consensual relations and same-sex marriage.
In the majority opinion written by Justice Samuel A. Alito, the court said that nothing in its decision should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion. Justice Thomas said he agreed with that.'
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/24/us/roe-wade-abortion-supreme-court
Effect on Loving v. Virginia???
onenote
(42,702 posts)so it would be easily distinguished by Thomas from the substantive due process-based decisions he thinks should be overruled.
Frasier Balzov
(2,647 posts)madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)Rep. Jeffries is right about Thomas. He is a hater.
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)Stupid, bitter, sadistic, vengeful
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Only way we can survive now
Novara
(5,842 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)thomas' 'guns galore' opinion was not enough. Imagine if thomas got 'guns galore' passed in 2020.
As Judge Luttig wrote: many [Jan.6, 2021] riot defendants'' have said they knew the District of Columbia's restriction on concealed cary '' and accordingly left their guns at home.'' This ''may well have prevented a massacre that day.'' [Credit to G. Will for bringing this to my attention].
Imagine the possibilities that day: the murder of Pence & Pelosi, trump getting to use the Insurrection Act to try and perhaps succeed in seizing the Presidency, etc., etc.