Reply #11: This could have been the gateway to much nastier things [View All]

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I dislike using the "slippery slope" argument, but if the SCOTUS set a precedent allowing states to reject federal laws by referendum, then what happens to all the various environmental regulations, consumer protections, and the minimum wage law?

That good people whose crime is illness will suffer additionally because of this is a tragedy. But Stevens' concurrence is accurate; the law must be remedied at the federal level before it can be modified or ignored by the states.