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In Thomas' opinion he literally says that the supreme court should reconsider a number of cases including the one that prevents birth control bans. That makes m
by shaftway 4y ago
In Thomas' opinion he literally says that the supreme court should reconsider a number of cases including the one that prevents birth control bans. That makes me assume it'll come *before* the internment camps for brown people. (I can use tongue-in-cheek rhetoric too)
- miohtama 4y agoDo internment camps come before or after segregating people of colour in buses and toilets?
- jacquesm 4y agoLet's hope you won't find out.
- zinclozenge 4y agoI doubt there'll be internment camps. But deportations, canceling visas and green cards is something I expect if republicans are in power again.
- seanw444 4y agoDeportations, yes. Visas and green cards, why? Liberals seem to have this idea that Republicans are just blatantly racist and want to kick everyone that's not white out of the country. Once you get past the propaganda, and actually talk to them, you find that they simply don't want people here that snuck past the border. If you legally obtained permission to reside here, nobody except for the KKK has qualms with you.
- tuckerman 4y agoAh yes, just show your papers to the angry, racist mob chasing you down and they will leave you alone.
- anigbrowl 4y agoLiberals seem to have this idea that Republicans are just blatantly racist Are you sure it's just propaganda? https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1540852015693037568 https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1540852015693037568
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- mattnewton 4y agoI am sorry you had to deal with hysterical people, but I’m just taking Thomas at his word when he says a court overturning Grisewald, Lawrence and Obergafel and would be prudent. It’s not the same thing at all. Also, as an aside, we have internment camp like settings for brown asylum seekers and have mistakenly deported American citizens to them on multiple occasions, but this is an ongoing issue that Trump did not fix, rather than one caused by Trump.
- anigbrowl 4y agoAs an accomplished lawyer and long-time political commentator here, it's disappointing that you resorted to mockery by invoking hyperbolic comparisons. In his concurrence with today's Dobbs ruling, Justice Thomas wrote: '[...] in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.' (For non legal nerds, those cases are concerned with birth control, sexual privacy, and gay marriage respectively.) You're surely also aware of legislative and electoral pitches to substantially restrict birth control. I don't think I'm being hyperbolic by simply mentioning the existence of ultra-conservatives and observing that they have some political influence. When one of the nine Supreme Court justices indicates a willingness to revisit multiple landmark cases only a foolish person would ignore the possibility.
- leereeves 4y agoEven if your interpretation is correct, that's just one justice writing a separate and solo concurring opinion. And that justice comes from a different generation than the other 5 who voted to overturn, so there's even less reason to assume the others share his views.
- abduhl 4y agoIt’s worth noting that Clarence Thomas may not actually disagree with any of the rights found in those cases. Thomas has been a long time critic of the use of the due process clause for the finding of substantive rights, and he adhered to the view that these rights should be found under the privileges and immunities clause that has fallen into disuse. He says as much in his opinion, but nobody quotes that part because it’s not a headline grabber. It’s in the same paragraph as the sentence you quote. Thomas has held this view for literally decades.