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Kablooie

(18,623 posts)
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 03:59 PM Nov 2020

What are some past 5-4 SCOTUS decisions that could be flipped in the near future?

Abortion rights of course but there have been a lot of decisions, some pretty scary, that were prevented from becoming law by just one vote.
Many of these may be retried soon and the extremist conservative view will win out and become the new law of the land.

Does anyone know what some of these might be?

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What are some past 5-4 SCOTUS decisions that could be flipped in the near future? (Original Post) Kablooie Nov 2020 OP
Practically anything regarding LGBTQ rights... regnaD kciN Nov 2020 #1
Sounds like stepping back into the prudish, restricted Victorian morals of the past. Kablooie Nov 2020 #3
Easy DFW Nov 2020 #2

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
1. Practically anything regarding LGBTQ rights...
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 05:08 PM
Nov 2020

I’m taking it for granted that same-sex marriage, recognized nationwide, is a goner. But it’s also likely that any civil protections against discrimination, even at the state level, will be wiped away in the name of “religious freedom.” In fact, I’m pretty sure the ruling finally abolishing the right of jurisdiction to criminalize same-sex acts, even in private among consenting adults, is now endangered.

Of course, abortion rights doesn’t only mean surgical termination of pregnancy; we could also see a ban on any “abortifacent” birth control, including oral contraceptives, IUDs, and, obviously, “plan b.” (I might suggest investing in condom stocks.)

I also wonder if we’ll see a return to official school prayer...

Kablooie

(18,623 posts)
3. Sounds like stepping back into the prudish, restricted Victorian morals of the past.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 06:03 PM
Nov 2020

If religious preferences are given precedence over any other laws or rights we could see open racial discrimination return.


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