posted on May, 6 2005 @ 07:47 PM
LikeI said in my previous post, there are some examples of "legislating from the bench" that our country needed, but my concern lies in that no
other branch can provide a check or balance. Sorry, I can't flesh these out more, but I am a realy busy college student at the moment.
Some more examples from the Supreme Court alone:
Roper v. Simmons (2005, juvenile execution)
Lawrence v. Texas (2003, right to sodomy)
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003, affirmative action)
Romer v. Evans (1996, gay rights)
United States v. Lopez (1995, Gun-Free School Zones Act)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992 , abortion) - Key to understanding the issue here is Scalia's dissent